Ahnfrau
[ˈaːnˌfʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Ahnfrau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (sagenhafte) Begründerin eines Familiengeschlechts, Stammes, Volkes oder Ähnliches
Corpus desk
Index DE-ahnfrau · Ahnfrau · German
Ahnfrau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ahnfrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːnˌfʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ahnfrau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ahnfrau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːnˌfʁaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ahnfrau, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ahnfrau, spelled A-H-N-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1(sagenhafte) Begründerin eines Familiengeschlechts, Stammes, Volkes oder Ähnliches
- 2Mutter des Vaters oder der Mutter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ahnfrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwar trennten bereits ihn mehr als vier Jahrhunderte von der hochgesegneten Ahnfrau Laura, aber nichtsdestoweniger will uns dies wie ein kurzer Gang erscheinen, wenn wir dazu in Vergleich setzen die nahezu unausdenkbare, die fast astronomische Entfernung, in der unsere Epoche dazu steht.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.