Vorfahre
Meaning
ancestor (of male or unspecified sex)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Vor‧fah‧re
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːʁə/
Etymology
From Middle High German vorvar, from vorvaren (“to go ahead, to precede”).
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