Voreltern
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔɛltɐn]
Voreltern is spelled V-O-R-E-L-T-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voreltern is a German noun meaning “forefathers, foreparents (including both mothers and fathers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorfahren vor den Eltern”.
What does Voreltern mean in English?
noun
- 1
forefathers, foreparents (including both mothers and fathers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorfahren vor den Eltern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Voreltern?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔɛltɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Voreltern in German?
Voreltern appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).