Ahnenpass
German
Alternative forms
- Ahnenpaß (historical spelling, deprecated)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
Ahnenpass m (strong, genitive Ahnenpasses, plural Ahnenpässe)
- (historical, Nazism) Ahnenpass: certificate of ancestry; certificate of genealogy
Usage notes
The spelling Ahnenpass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).
Declension
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
- “Ahnenpass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache