Ahn

See also: ahn, ah-ŋ, and ʻàhn

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

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