Ahnherr
German, noun/ˈaːnˌhɛʁ/
Ahnherr is spelled A-H-N-H-E-R-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahnherr is a German masculine noun meaning “primogenitor, first ancestor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erster Vorfahre”.
What does Ahnherr mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimogenitor, first ancestor
- 2
masculineforefather
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erster Vorfahre
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 Ahnherr
- Ahnherrn genitive
- Ahnherren genitive
- Ahnherrin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ahnherr?
- /ˈaːnˌhɛʁ/
- [ˈaːnˌhɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ahnherr in German?
Ahnherr appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).