Ahn

See also: ahn, ah-ŋ, and ʻàhn

English

Etymology

From Korean 안(安) (An).

Proper noun

Ahn

1. A surname from Korean.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ahn is the 3379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,567 individuals. Ahn is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.82%) individuals.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ano, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“ancestor”). Cognate with Latin anus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Ahn m (mixed or weak, genitive Ahnes or Ahns or Ahnen, plural Ahnen, feminine Ahnin)

1. ancestor

   Synonyms: Vorfahre, Vorfahr, Ahne

   • 2007, “Deutschland der Deutschen”, performed by Blumfeld:

     Sie schwenken dazu ihre Fahnen / Es geht wieder los / Sie singen ihr Lied / Unschuldig wie einst ihre Ahnen

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Ahn [masculine, mixed // weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ahn	die	Ahnen
genitive	eines	des	Ahnes, Ahns, Ahnen	der	Ahnen
dative	einem	dem	Ahn, Ahne1, Ahnen	den	Ahnen
accusative	einen	den	Ahn, Ahnen	die	Ahnen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Ahnenbild
• Ahnenerbe
• Ahnenfest
• Ahnenfigur
• Ahnenforschung
• Ahnengalerie
• Ahnengrab
• Ahnenkult
• Ahnentafel
• Ahnentempel
• Ahnherr
• Urahn
• Ururahn

 

Further reading

• “Ahn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ahn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ahn” in Duden online