Vorfahr
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Vorfahre
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German meaning: Ein Vorfahr ist eine Person, von der man abstammt, typischerweise weiter zurückliegend als die Großeltern. English meaning: An ancestor is a person from whom one is descended, typically further back than the grandparents. Synonym: Ahne, Urahn German example: Ich habe meine Vorfahren bis ins 17. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgt. English example: I have traced my ancestors back to the 17th century. Type: Noun Article: der Singular Form: der Vorfahr Plural Form: die Vorfahren
Word details
- German meaning
- Die Ursprache ist die rekonstruierte gemeinsame Vorform einer Sprachfamilie, aus der sich die verwandten Sprachen entwickelt haben.
- English meaning
- Proto-language
- Synonym
- Protosprache, Muttersprache
- German example
- Die indogermanische Ursprache ist die hypothetische Vorfahrin vieler europäischer und asiatischer Sprachen.
- English example
- The Proto-Indo-European language is the hypothetical ancestor of many European and Asian languages.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Ursprache
- Plural Form
- die Ursprachen
Related words
- Auerochse
Aurochs
- Kreisverkehr
Roundabout
- Afroamerikaner
African American
- Baschkirin
Bashkir woman
- Ahnenschein
Proof of ancestry
- Ahnentafel
Genealogical table, pedigree chart
- Vorfahrt
Right of way
- Vorfahre
Ancestor
- Ibererin
Iberian woman
- Ahnengleichheit
Resemblance to ancestors
- Ahnenschwund
Loss of ancestral knowledge
- Sprachfamilie
Language family
- Stamm-Mutter
Progenitress, matriarch
- Kirchenbuch
Parish register
- Vorfahrin
Female ancestor
- Ahnin
An "ancestress" is a female ancestor, that is, a woman from whom one is descended.
- hochhalten
To uphold, to cherish
- genealogisch
Genealogical means relating to ancestry or family history.
- friesisch
Frisian refers to the Frisian language or culture, spoken and lived in the coastal regions of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark.
- totemistisch
Totemistic refers to a system of beliefs and practices based on the veneration of totems, typically animals or plants, that serve as spiritual symbols or ancestors of a group.
- unverwandt
Unrelated means that people are not related to each other, that is, they do not have common ancestors.
- Atavismus
Atavism refers to the reappearance of characteristics in a living organism that were present in its ancestors but not visible in the previous generations.
- Sephardi
Sephardi refers to Jews who have their roots in Spain and Portugal or whose ancestors were expelled from there.
- Ahnenforschung
Genealogy
- Rondell
Roundabout
- Genealoge
A genealogist is a person who studies genealogy and family history.
- Genealogin
Genealogist (female)
- deutschstämmig
of German descent
- ererbt
Inherited
- konsanguin
Consanguineous
- monophyletisch
Monophyletic means that a group of organisms is descended from a single common ancestor.
- polyphyletisch
Polyphyletic
- Ahne
Ancestor
- Ahne
Ancestor
- Urvater
Forefather, ancestor
- Stammvater
Progenitor
- Vorfahrenschaft
Ancestry
- vorgeschichtlich
prehistoric
- reinrassig
Purebred
- abrahamitisch
Abrahamic
- afrodeutsch
Afro-German
- Stammbaum
Family tree
- Mikronesierin
Micronesian woman
- Samoanerin
Samoan woman
- Abstammungsbescheid
Certificate of Descent
- Asiatin
Asian woman
- Patronymikon
Patronymic