Below are some words commonly found in German pedigrees, krung reports, etc.
Rating Definitions:
U Insufficient M Faulty show or performance rating A Sufficient show or performance rating G Good Show or Performance Rating SG Very Good Show or Performance Rating V Excellent show or performance rating VA Excellent show or performance rating Sieger 1st place Champion Male of National Show Siegerin 1st place Champion Female of National Show Koerklasse (KKL1) Breed Examination, Recommended for breeding, Must be Sch Titled Koerklasse (KKL2) Breed Examination, Suitable for breeding, Must be Sch Titled
Hip Ratings:
A1 - Normal = OFA Excellent to OFA GoodA2 - Nearly Normal = OFA Good to FairA3 - Mild Hip Dysplasia = OFA only Occasionally
German English a6 foreign country abfallende sloping abgelehnt rejected abstammung origin, descent, ancestry abzeichen (a) markings 'a' fast normal almost normal hips alter age 'a' noch zugelassen still permissible hips 'a' normal normal hips anschrift postal address aufbeisser level bite augen eyes ausdruck character, expression ausgeglichene even, balanced ausgeprgt pronounced behaarung coat, hair betont markedly, pronounced bildung development blau blue, slate grey braun (b) brown braungelb (bg) brown/tan breit (br) wide bruder brother brust chest brustfleck spot on chest Deutscher Schferhund German shepherd dunkel dark drfte should ellenbogen elbows eltern parents enger (eng) narrow etwas slightly farbe (farbig) color fehler faults fehlerhaft faulty fest solid, firm festgefgt firmly built flssige fluid gang gait gnge motion gefleckt spotted gelb (g) tan gelb grau (ggr) tan/grey feneigte sloped geprge structure gerade straight geradetretend straight gaiting gerntgte x-rayed geschlect sex geschwister siblings gestreckt long gestreift brindled gewinkelt angulated gewolkt (gew) clouded, mixed colors glanz lustrous glatthaarig smooth coated grau grey/sable graugelb (grg) grey/tan gross big, large, tall gross eltern grandparents grosse ohren large ears grsse size gut good haar hair, coat hals neck, throat haltung carriage, posture hrte hardness hd befund hip dysplasia status hell (helle) light hinterhand hindquarters, rear hinterlufe hind legs hoden testicles hhe height hoher high inzucht linebreeding jung young junger hund young dog junges puppies kampf fight kampftrieb fighting drive kb breed survey report kind (kinder) progeny kippohr(en) soft ear tip(s) klein small knochen bone knockenkraft bone strength kopf head kopfabz head markings krzeichen suitable for breeding krftig strong kraftvolle powerful kruppe croup kurz short lage placement, position lnge length langhaarig long haired lsst lets lufe legs lebensfrische joy of life leichter slight lende haunches link left lobende erwhnung highly recommended mangelhaft passable, mediocre maske mask mittelgross medium size mut courage mutter mother nachschub follow through nahezu nearly, almost nase nose, muzzle nicht mehr ZT no longer allowed to breed oberarm forearm oberschlachtig overshot bite ohren ears pfoten paws raumgreifende far reaching raumschaffende ground covering recht right rchen back rckenlinie topline rde male rute tail sattel saddle schrfe sharpness scheu shy schildspannstellung (schildsp) ear(s) that lean toward the center of the skull schlappohr floppy, lab like ear schne beautiful schulter shoulder schulterhhe shoulder height schusscheu gun shy schwarz (s) black schwester sister sehr gut very good sicher soundness, confidence steiler steep straff firm sv German shepherd dog registry/club of Germany sz sv registration number taetowier nr tattoo number trab trot, trotting trocken dry unbekannt unknown und and unterbrechung break ur-gross eltern great grand parents vater father verbindung mating verfassung temperament verhalten behavior verhltniss proportion vor before vorne front vorderbrust forechest voderhand forequarters vorderpfote forepaw vortitt front stride vorzglich excellent weiche ohren soft ears weiss (w) white welp (welpen) puppy (puppies) wesen temperament widerrist withers winkelung, winkelanlagen angulations wirksamer effective wurf litter wurfjahr year the litter was born wurfstrke number of pups in the litter wurftag date of birth zahn teeth, dentition zucht bewertung (zb) breeding value zuchter breeder zur zucht nicht zugelassen not to be used for breeding zuchttauglicheitsprfung (ZTP) breed suitability test