Ahne
German, noun
Ahne is spelled A-H-N-E (4 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahne is a German feminine noun meaning “female ancestor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ahne is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorfahr”.
What does Ahne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale ancestor
- 2
femininegrandmother
noun
- 1
masculineforefather (of male or unspecified sex)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorfahr
noun: 1. Vorfahrin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ahne
- Ahnen plural
- Ahn masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ahne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ahne in German?
Ahne appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).