Declension of German noun Ahn with plural and article

The declension of the noun Ahn (ancestor, forebear) is in singular genitive Ahn(e)s/Ahnen and in the plural nominative Ahnen. The noun Ahn is declined with the declension endings es/en/en. The voice of Ahn is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Ahn but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -en · -en, -en

der Ahn

Ahn(e)s/Ahnen · Ahnen

Endings es/en/en   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English ancestor, forebear, forefather, grandfather, forerunner, grandsire, progenitor

/ˈaːn/ · /ˈaːnəs/ · /ˈaːnən/

Vorfahr, Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes; Großvater; Ahne, Großvater, Ahnherr, Ahnl

» Wirf den Ruhm deines großen Ahnen nicht länger weg und gedenke der Perle im Sprichwort. English Do not throw away the glory of your great ancestor any longer and remember the pearl in the proverb.

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Declension of Ahn in singular and plural in all cases

Singular 1

Nom. derAhn
Gen. desAhnes/Ahns
Dat. demAhn/Ahne⁶
Acc. denAhn

Singular 2

Nom. derAhn
Gen. desAhnen
Dat. demAhnen
Acc. denAhnen

Plural

Nom. dieAhnen
Gen. derAhnen
Dat. denAhnen
Acc. dieAhnen

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Example sentences for Ahn

  • Wirf den Ruhm deines großen Ahnen nicht länger weg und gedenke der Perle im Sprichwort. 
    English Do not throw away the glory of your great ancestor any longer and remember the pearl in the proverb.
  • Der Junge im Stamm wurde angeklagt, seine Ahnen entehrt zu haben, weil er die Grabstätte mit Graffiti entstellt hatte. 
    English The boy in the tribe was accused of having dishonored his ancestors because he had defaced the grave site with graffiti.
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Translation of German Ahn

German Ahn
English ancestor, forebear, forefather, grandfather, forerunner, grandsire, progenitor
Russian дед, дедушка, предок, прароди́тель, пре́док, предки, родонача́льник, родоначальник
Spanish abuelo, antepasado, ancestro, ascendiente
French ancêtre, aïeul, grand-père, ancêtres
Turkish ata, büyükbaba, soy
Portuguese avô, ancestral, antepassado, ascendente, progenitor
Italian antenato, avo, nonno, antenati
Romanian antecedent, bunicul, strămoș
Hungarian előd, nagyapa, nagypapa, ős
Polish przodek, dziadek, przodkowie
Greek πρόγονος, παππούς, προγονός
Dutch grootvader, voorouder, voorvader, stamvader, vorzaat
Czech děd, děda, dědeček, předek, praotec, předkové
Swedish farfar, förfader, anfader, morfar
Danish bedstefar, forfader, forfædre, stamfader
Japanese 祖先, 先祖, 祖父
Catalan ancestre, avantpassat, avi
Finnish esi-isä, esi-isät, isoisä
Norwegian bestefar, ane, forfader, forfedre
Basque aitona, aurreko, aurrekoak
Serbian deda, predak, predci, дедa, дид, дјед, дједа, дјид
Macedonian дед, дедо, праотац, предок, предци, преци, родоначелник
Slovenian dedek, prednik, predniki
Slowakisch predok, starý otec, dedko, praotec, predkovia
Bosnian djed, predak, predci
Croatian djed, predak, did, djeda, pradjed, praotac, predci
Ukrainian дідусь, попередник, предок
Bulgarian дядо, прародител, предшественик
Belorussian дед, прадзед, прадзеды
Hebrewאבות، אבות קדמונים، סבא
Arabicأسلاف، جد
Persianاجداد، نیاکان، پدربزرگ
Urduآباؤ اجداد، دادا، نانا

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Meanings and synonyms of Ahn
  • Vorfahr, Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes, Ahne, Ahnherr, Vorfahr, Vorväter, Väter
  • Großvater, Großvater, Ahnl, Ähnl, Ahndl, Ähndl
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Declension forms of Ahn

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Ahn in all cases

The declension of Ahn as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Ahn is crucial.

Declension Ahn

Singular Plural
Nom. der Ahn die Ahnen
Gen. des Ahn(e)s/Ahnen der Ahnen
Dat. dem Ahn(e)/Ahnen den Ahnen
Acc. den Ahn(en) die Ahnen

Declension Ahn

  • Singular: der Ahn, des Ahn(e)s/Ahnen, dem Ahn(e)/Ahnen, den Ahn(en)
  • Plural: die Ahnen, der Ahnen, den Ahnen, die Ahnen

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