Ahnenforschung
German, noun/ˈaːnənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ/
Ahnenforschung is spelled A-H-N-E-N-F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahnenforschung is a German feminine noun meaning “genealogy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Disziplin, die sich mit der Erforschung der Abstammung von Personen oder Personengruppen befasst”.
What does Ahnenforschung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegenealogy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disziplin, die sich mit der Erforschung der Abstammung von Personen oder Personengruppen befasst
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 Ahnenforschung
- Ahnenforschungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ahnenforschung?
- /ˈaːnənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ/
- [ˈaːnənˌfɔʁʃʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ahnenforschung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ahnenforschung in German?
Ahnenforschung appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).