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Detailed Translations for descendants from English to German

descendants:

descendants [the ~] noun

  1. the descendants (children; offspring; progeny; brood; successors)
    der Nachkommen; die Nachwelt; die Nachkommenschaft
  2. the descendants
    die Nachkommen

Translation Matrix for descendants:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Nachkommen brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors descendant; descendent; offspring
Nachkommenschaft brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors descendant; descendent; offspring
Nachwelt brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors
- posterity

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Synonyms for "descendants":

  • posterity; biological group

Related Definitions for "descendants":

  1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor1

descendant:

descendant [the ~] noun, British

  1. the descendant (offspring; descendent)
    die Nachkommenschaft; der Abkomme; der Sproß; der Sprößling; die Nachkommen; der Abkömmling; die Kinder; der Erbe; der Zweig; Geschlecht
  2. the descendant
  3. the descendant
    – In a tree data structure, a node that is one or more steps farther from the root (one or more levels lower) than the ancestor node. 2

Translation Matrix for descendant:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Abkomme descendant; descendent; offspring
Abkömmling descendant; descendent; offspring
Erbe descendant; descendent; offspring bequest; estate; heir; heirloom; hereditament; heritage; inheritance; inheritor; legacy; legate; portion; yard
Geschlecht descendant; descendent; offspring gender; generation; race; sex; tribe
Kinder descendant; descendent; offspring kiddies; little children
Nachfolger descendant disciple; follower; imitator; pupil; shadower; successor
Nachkommen descendant; descendent; offspring brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors
Nachkommenschaft descendant; descendent; offspring brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors
Sproß descendant; descendent; offspring cutting; offshoot; shoot; sprout; tendril; tendrils
Sprößling descendant; descendent; offspring baby; cutting; infant; kid; kiddy; little child; little kid; nipper; shoot; small child; small one; sonny; sprig; sprout; tike; tiny tot; toddler; tot; tyke
Zweig descendant; descendent; offspring bough; bough of a tree; branch; branch of a tree; limb; sprig; twig
- descendent
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- descendent
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Nachfolgerelement descendant
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biologische Abstammung descendant
- child; descendent

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Related Definitions for "descendant":

  1. proceeding by descent from an ancestor1
  2. going or coming down1
  3. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race1
  4. In a tree data structure, a node that is one or more steps farther from the root (one or more levels lower) than the ancestor node.2

Wiktionary Translations for descendant:

descendant
noun
  1. a later evolutionary type
  2. one who is the progeny of someone
descendant
noun
  1. Biologie: neuer Organismus, der bei der Reproduktion oder der geschlechtlichen Fortpflanzung der Eltern entstanden ist
  2. Person, die von einem Probanden (Stammvater, Stammmutter) beziehungsweise Probanden-Elternpaar (Stammeltern) unmittelbar oder mittelbar abstammen
  3. männliche Person, die in direkter Linie von einer anderen Person abstammt
  4. Person, die leiblich von jemandem abstammt, Nachkomme, Nachfahre
  5. veraltet, gehoben: leiblich von jemandem abstammende Person, Nachkomme, Nachfahre

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
descendant Nachkommen nazaat — iemand met een specifieke voorouder of specifieke voorouders
descendant Nachkomme nakomeling — bloedverwant in neerdalende lijn
descendant Abkömmling afstammeling — bloedverwant in neerdalende lijn
descendant Abkomme; Abkömmling; Epigone descendant — famille|fr personne de la même famille et, d’une génération postérieure.
descendant Nachfolger; Amtsnachfolger; Nachfahre; Nachkomme successeur — Personne qui succéder à une autre dans une fonction, un titre, un rôle ou une institution.