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Translate forefather from English to German

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forefather:
- Ahne; Ahnin; Ahn; Vorfahr; Stammvater
Wiktionary:
- forefather → Vorfahre, Ahn
- forefather → Stammvater, Vorfahr, Urahn, Ahn, Ahnherr

English

Detailed Translations for forefather from English to German

forefather:

forefather [the ~] noun

the forefather (ancestor)
der Ahne; die Ahnin
- Ahne [der ~] noun
- Ahnin [die ~] noun
the forefather (ancestor)
der Ahn; der Vorfahr; der Stammvater
- Ahn [der ~] noun
- Vorfahr [der ~] noun
- Stammvater [der ~] noun

Translation Matrix for forefather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Ahn	ancestor; forefather
Ahne	ancestor; forefather
Ahnin	ancestor; forefather
Stammvater	ancestor; forefather	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor
Vorfahr	ancestor; forefather
-	father; sire

Related Words for "forefather":

forefathers

Synonyms for "forefather":

father; sire; ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; antecedent; root
predecessor

Related Definitions for "forefather":

the founder of a family¹
- keep the faith of our forefathers¹
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group¹
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation¹

Wiktionary Translations for forefather:

forefather

noun

ancestor
- forefather → Vorfahre

forefather

noun

gehoben, meist Plural: Vorfahr, (Plural) Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes
- Ahn → forefather; ancestor

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• forefather	→ Stammvater; Vorfahr; Urahn; Ahn	↔ voorvader — familie\|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.
• forefather	→ Ahn; Vorfahr; Urahn	↔ ancêtre — famille\|fr Celui de qui l’on descendre par son père ou sa mère.
• forefather	→ Ahn; Ahnherr	↔ aïeul — grand-parent.

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