Translation

1. origin, source feminine

   Dennoch leugnet die Sängerin ihre Herkunft nicht.

   However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.

   Der Mann schämte sich seiner Herkunft aus armen Verhältnissen.

   The man was ashamed of being born poor.

2. background source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
3. descent source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
4. origin; stock; extraction source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
5. descent (lineage or hereditary derivation) feminine

   Meine Familie sind germanischer Herkunft.

   My family are of Germanic heritage.

6. etymology (origin of a word) feminine

Declension