When his mother studied their genealogy, she was horrified to find out they were related to Hitler.
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Genealogy
//ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi//
Synonyms for "genealogy" (14 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
180 translations across 86 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- genealogie noun (study and recording of descents)
Albanian
1 entries- gjenealogjia noun (study and recording of descents)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γενεαλογία noun (study and recording of descents)
- γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Arabic
1 entries- علم الأنساب noun (study and recording of descents)
Armenian
1 entries- ծագումնաբանություն noun (study and recording of descents)
Asturian
1 entries- xenealoxía noun (study and recording of descents)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- genealogiya noun (study and recording of descents)
Bashkir
1 entries- генеалогия noun (study and recording of descents)
Basque
1 entries- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Belarusian
1 entries- генеалогія noun (study and recording of descents)
Breton
1 entries- lignezouriezh noun (study and recording of descents)
Bulgarian
3 entries- генеалогия noun (study and recording of descents)
- родосло́вие noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- родосло́вие noun (study and recording of descents)
Catalan
3 entries- genealogia noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogia noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 系譜 /系谱 noun (record or table of such descent)
- 系譜 /系谱 noun (record or table of such descent)
- 系譜 /系谱 noun (record or table of such descent)
- 系譜學 /系谱学 noun (study and recording of descents)
Chuvash
1 entries- генеалоги noun (study and recording of descents)
Corsican
1 entries- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Czech
4 entries- genealogický strom noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogie noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogie noun (study and recording of descents)
- rozrod noun (record or table of such descent)
Danish
2 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
- slægtsforskning noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ނަސަބުގެ ޢިލްމު noun (study and recording of descents)
Dutch
4 entries- genealogie noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogie noun (study and recording of descents)
- kwartierstaat noun (record or table of such descent)
- parenteel noun (record or table of such descent)
Esperanto
2 entries- genealogio noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogio noun (study and recording of descents)
Estonian
1 entries- genealoogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Farefare
2 entries- genealogia noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Faroese
2 entries- ættarbók noun (record or table of such descent)
- ættartal noun (record or table of such descent)
Finnish
3 entries- sukupuu noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- sukupuu noun (record or table of such descent)
- sukututkimus noun (study and recording of descents)
French
3 entries- généalogie noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- généalogie noun (record or table of such descent)
- généalogie noun (study and recording of descents)
Galician
2 entries- xenealoxía noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- xenealoxía noun (study and recording of descents)
Georgian
3 entries- გენეალოგია noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- გენეალოგია noun (record or table of such descent)
- გენეალოგია noun (study and recording of descents)
German
4 entries- Abstammung noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- Ahnenforschung noun (study and recording of descents)
- Ahnentafel noun (record or table of such descent)
- Genealogie noun (study and recording of descents)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Greek
1 entries- γενεαλογία noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Hebrew
1 entries- גנאלוגיה noun (study and recording of descents)
Hindi
4 entries- कुरसीनामा noun (record or table of such descent)
- नसबनामा noun (record or table of such descent)
- पीढ़ीनामा noun (record or table of such descent)
- पुश्तनामा noun (record or table of such descent)
Hungarian
4 entries- családfa noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealógia noun (study and recording of descents)
- leszármazás noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- származás noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Icelandic
1 entries- ættfræði noun (study and recording of descents)
Ido
1 entries- genealogio noun (study and recording of descents)
Indonesian
1 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
Irish
2 entries- ginealach noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- ginealas noun (study and recording of descents)
Italian
3 entries- genealogia noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogia noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Japanese
2 entries- 系統 noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- 系譜学 noun (study and recording of descents)
Kazakh
2 entries- генеалогия noun (study and recording of descents)
- тектану noun (study and recording of descents)
Korean
1 entries- 계보학 noun (study and recording of descents)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- генеалогия noun (study and recording of descents)
Ladino
1 entries- jenealojia noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Latin
1 entries- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Latvian
2 entries- ģenealoģija noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- ģenealoģija noun (study and recording of descents)
Lithuanian
2 entries- genealogija noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogija noun (study and recording of descents)
Macedonian
3 entries- родословие noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- родословие noun (record or table of such descent)
- родословие noun (study and recording of descents)
Malay
2 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
- kaji salasilah noun (study and recording of descents)
Malayalam
1 entries- വംശാവലിപഠനം noun (study and recording of descents)
Middle English
2 entries- genelogie noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- kynrede noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Māori
4 entries- kōhikohiko noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- taotahi noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- whakapapa noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- whāwhārua noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Norman
3 entries- généalogie noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- généalogie noun (record or table of such descent)
- généalogie noun (study and recording of descents)
Norwegian
1 entries- slektsforskning noun (study and recording of descents)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
- slektsforsking noun (study and recording of descents)
Occitan
1 entries- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Pashto
1 entries- نوغپوهنه noun (study and recording of descents)
Persian
1 entries- تبارشناسی noun (study and recording of descents)
Picard
1 entries- généalodjie noun (study and recording of descents)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Häakunft noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Polish
4 entries- genealogia noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogia noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
- rodowód noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Portuguese
3 entries- genealogia noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogia noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogia noun (study and recording of descents)
Romanian
1 entries- genealogie noun (study and recording of descents)
Russian
4 entries- генеало́гия noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- генеало́гия noun (record or table of such descent)
- генеало́гия noun (study and recording of descents)
- родосло́вие noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Scots
1 entries- genealogy noun (study and recording of descents)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- sloinntearachd noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- sloinntearachd noun (record or table of such descent)
- sloinntearachd noun (study and recording of descents)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- genealogija noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogija noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogija noun (study and recording of descents)
- rodoslovlje noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Shona
1 entries- unenavabari noun (study and recording of descents)
Sicilian
1 entries- catanannu noun (study and recording of descents)
Slovak
1 entries- genealógia noun (study and recording of descents)
Slovene
1 entries- rodoslovje noun (study and recording of descents)
Spanish
3 entries- genealogía noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- genealogía noun (record or table of such descent)
- genealogía noun (study and recording of descents)
Sundanese
1 entries- généalogi noun (study and recording of descents)
Swedish
4 entries- genealogi noun (study and recording of descents)
- härkomst noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- släktforskning noun (study and recording of descents)
- stamtavla noun (record or table of such descent)
Tagalog
2 entries- henealohiya noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- talaangkanan noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
Tamil
2 entries- பேர்வழி noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- பேர்வழி noun (record or table of such descent)
Turkish
2 entries- jenealoji noun (study and recording of descents)
- soy bilimi noun (study and recording of descents)
Turkmen
1 entries- genealogiýa noun (study and recording of descents)
Ukrainian
1 entries- генеалогія noun (study and recording of descents)
Uzbek
1 entries- genealogiya noun (study and recording of descents)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gia phả học noun (study and recording of descents)
Volapük
1 entries- genealog noun (study and recording of descents)
Welsh
4 entries- achau noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- achres noun (record or table of such descent)
- achyddiaeth noun (descent of a person, family or group from ancestors)
- achyddiaeth noun (record or table of such descent)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 系谱学 noun (study and recording of descents)
Yiddish
1 entries- ייחוס noun (study and recording of descents)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
If you're lucky, you'll be able to connect yourself to a relative who has put more effort into studying your family's genealogy than you ever could.
Source: tatoeba (5023572)
During the last six months, Tom's interest in genealogy has grown. He has heard with delight from his parents about their childhood, youth, university studies and marriage.
Source: tatoeba (5319232)
A volunteer at the genealogy library told Tom he should summarize on a pedigree chart whatever information he had learned from his living grandparents.
Source: tatoeba (5319238)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.