How is the word Vorfahren translated from German to English

English translation
ancestors
noun

Menschen aus früheren Generationen der eigenen Familie.

People from earlier generations of one's family.

Examples with “Vorfahren”

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  • Sie verfolgte die Spur ihrer Vorfahren bis vier Jahrhunderte zurück. — She traced her ancestors, going back four centuries.

  • Unsere Vorfahren lebten wie die meisten Bauern von dem, was das Land hergab. — Our ancestors, like most farmers, lived off the land.

  • Sie bewahrt Fotos ihrer Vorfahren auf, alle sorgfältig beschriftet. — She keeps photographs of her ancestors, all carefully labeled.

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