Vorfahre
See also: vorfahre
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vorvar, from vorvaren (“to go ahead, to precede”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Vorfahre m (weak, genitive Vorfahren, plural Vorfahren, feminine Vorfahrin)
Declension edit
Declension of Vorfahre [masculine, weak]
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Vorfahr(e)”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 867