Vorfahre
See also: vorfahre
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vorvar, from vorvaren (“to go ahead, to precede”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editVorfahre m (weak, genitive Vorfahren, plural Vorfahren, feminine Vorfahrin)
Declension
editDeclension of Vorfahre [masculine, weak]
Related terms
editReferences
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