Vorfahre
See also: vorfahre
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vorvar, from vorvaren (“to go ahead, to precede”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːʁə/
- Hyphenation: Vor‧fah‧re
Declension
Related terms
References
- 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
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