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Translate forefather from English to Swedish

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forefather:
- förfader; stamfader; anfader
Wiktionary:
- forefather → förfader
- forefather → förfader

English

Detailed Translations for forefather from English to Swedish

forefather:

forefather [the ~] nom

the forefather (ancestor)
förfader
- förfader [-en] nom
the forefather (ancestor)
förfader; stamfader
- förfader [-en] nom
- stamfader [-en] nom
the forefather (ancestor)
förfader; anfader
- förfader [-en] nom
- anfader [-en] nom

Translation Matrix for forefather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
anfader	ancestor; forefather
förfader	ancestor; forefather	ancestor; patriarch; predecessor; progenitor
stamfader	ancestor; forefather	progenitor
-	father; sire

Related Words for "forefather":

forefathers

Synonyms for "forefather":

father; sire; ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; antecedent; root
predecessor

Related Definitions for "forefather":

the founder of a family¹
- keep the faith of our forefathers¹
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group¹
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation¹

Wiktionary Translations for forefather:

forefather

noun

ancestor
- forefather → förfader

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• forefather	→ förfader	↔ voorvader — familie\|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.
• forefather	→ förfader	↔ Ahn — gehoben, meist Plural: Vorfahr, (Plural) Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University