English-German translation for "ancestry"

"ancestry" German translation

ancestry
noun | Substantiv s

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  • Geschlechtneuter | Neutrum n
    ancestry lineage
    Abstammungfeminine | Femininum f
    ancestry lineage
    ancestry lineage
  • Geburt
    ancestry hohe
    ancestry hohe
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  • Vorfahrenplural | Plural pl
    ancestry forebears
    Ahnenplural | Plural pl
    ancestry forebears
    ancestry forebears
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Ich glaube, das bedeutet, dass sie alle Haie sind und alle denselben Ursprung haben.
I think this means basically that they're all sharks and they've come from a common ancestry.
Source: TED
Seit wann haben wir dieselbe Abstammung?
Now, how recently do we share this ancestry?
Source: TED
Die Möglichkeit besteht für alle, aber wir kennen die Wahrscheinlichkeiten nicht.
Possibilities about our ancestry, but not the probabilities that we're really looking for.
Source: TED
Wir fragen nach der menschlichen Abstammung.
What we're asking about though is human ancestry.
Source: TED
Dennoch leugnet die Sängerin ihre Herkunft nicht.
However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
Source: Tatoeba
Meine Vorfahren kommen wie die vieler anderer Dominikaner aus Haiti.
Like many Dominicans, I am of Haitian ancestry.
Source: News-Commentary
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