Ancestor

"Ancestor" in German

Ahn

(one from whom a person is descended)

Ahne

(one from whom a person is descended)

Ahne

(one from whom a person is descended)

Ahnin

(one from whom a person is descended)

Familiengründer

(one from whom a person is descended)

Stammmutter

(one from whom a person is descended)

Stammvater

(one from whom a person is descended)

Urahn

(one from whom a person is descended)

Urahne

(one from whom a person is descended)

Urahne

(one from whom a person is descended)

Vorfahr

(one from whom a person is descended)

Vorfahrin

(one from whom a person is descended)

Vorgänger

(an earlier type)

Vorläufer

(an earlier type)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.