Ahnenpass
German
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Alternative forms
[edit]- Ahnenpaß (historical spelling, deprecated)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Ahnenpass m (strong, genitive Ahnenpasses, plural Ahnenpässe)
- (historical, Nazism) Ahnenpass: certificate of ancestry; certificate of genealogy
Usage notes
[edit]The spelling Ahnenpass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ahnenpass [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Ahnenpass | die | Ahnenpässe |
| genitive | eines | des | Ahnenpasses | der | Ahnenpässe |
| dative | einem | dem | Ahnenpass, Ahnenpasse1 | den | Ahnenpässen |
| accusative | einen | den | Ahnenpass | die | Ahnenpässe |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Ahnenpass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache