Ahnenpass

German

Alternative forms

• Ahnenpaß (historical spelling, deprecated)

Etymology

From Ahn +‎ -en- +‎ Pass.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ahnenpass m (strong, genitive Ahnenpasses, plural Ahnenpässe)

1. (historical, Nazism) Ahnenpass: certificate of ancestry; certificate of genealogy

Usage notes

The spelling Ahnenpass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).

Declension

Declension of Ahnenpass [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ahnenpass	die	Ahnenpässe
genitive	eines	des	Ahnenpasses	der	Ahnenpässe
dative	einem	dem	Ahnenpass, Ahnenpasse1	den	Ahnenpässen
accusative	einen	den	Ahnenpass	die	Ahnenpässe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Ahnenpass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache