Translation help with 1727 Lasch burial record

Cynthia McClanahan Cruz

I would like to know what the "m." followed by various words means at the end of each burial record from the Unterheinriet, Württemberg Protestant church book from 1727. In particular, I would like to know the translation for the second entry on the page for Philipp Lasch. I have this much:

Transcription: A: 1727
den. 20. 7ter. Philipp Lasch bgl. [bürgerlich] Inwohner. at. [aetatis] 61. m. dyhent: [?]

Translation: the year 1727
On 20th September. Philipp Lasch middle class citizen and inhabitant. age 61 [?]

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Thank you in advance!

Cynthia McClanahan Cruz

Robert Seal_1

Hello @Cynthia McClanahan Cruz,

You did very well with your transcription and translation, and yes, the "m." is confusing.

I believe the "m." is an abbreviation for some form of a Latin word meaning death/died such as: mors = death; mortis = death; mortuus = died, because what follows after the "m." in these records is an abbreviated illness or disease.

Here is your transcription with minor edits:
A: 1727
den 20. 7ber. Philipp Lasch bgl. [bürgerlich] Innwohner, at. [aetatis] 61. m. [mortuus] dysent: [dysenteria].

So your translation would read:
In the year 1727
on the 20th of September Philipp Lasch, middle class inhabitant, age 61, died of dysentery.

Why "Innwohner"?: note the line above the first "n" in the word "Inwohner" in the record. This line is a scribal device indicating that the letter should be doubled, making the word "Innwoher". This is simply a variant spelling of the more familiar word "Inwohner", which you translated correctly.

Ulrich Neitzel

"m." could also mean "morbus" = illness, disease

Cynthia McClanahan Cruz

Thank you, Robert Seal_1 and Ulrich Neitzel.

I learned something new today! I had not seen much in the way of cause of death in the German records except vague references to old age, accident, or death as a casualty of war. This page is quite interesting.

I did recently invest in the Thode German/English Genealogical Dictionary, so I hope to be able to look up more words myself (if I can read them!)

Cynthia McClanahan Cruz

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, @Cynthia McClanahan Cruz. I used Thode today to assist in translating this very record.

Cynthia McClanahan Cruz

Yes, Robert Seal_1,

I checked the "m." abbreviation in Thode, but there were too many options for me! I didn't think about cause of death being added to the record. That explains the wide variety of entries after the "m."