# Voreltern

Voreltern is a German noun meaning “forefathers”.

## In other languages

- Русский: предки, прародители

## Meanings

1. _plural · plural only_ forefathers, foreparents (including both mothers and fathers)
   - 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 2 Timothy 1:3 (with KJV translation) — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

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