| abbr. | abbreviation (gk.) |
| DE | Deutschland (Germany) |
| Doc. | document |
| DuA | Johannes Lepsius: "Deutschland und Armenien (Germany and Armenia) 1914-1918" |
| DuA-r | revises Version of "Deutschland und Armenien 1914-1918" |
| e.g. | for example (z.B.) |
| etc. | and so on (u.s.w.) |
| FO | Foreign Office |
| HSH. | His Serene Highness (Seiner Durchlaucht) |
| i.e. | that is (to say) (d.h.) |
| inst. | in the present month (d. Mts.); in the present year (d.J.) |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| Msgr. | Monsignor |
| PA-AA | Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amts (Political Archives of the Foreign Office) |
| resp. | respectively (bzw.) |
| rev. | revised (re.) |