Alter

alter älter alter- German Pronunciation de /ˈaltər/ de [ˈʔaltɐ] most of Germany,some of Austria de [ˈʔaltər] Switzerland,some of Germany and Austria de /ˈal(d)ɐ/ interjection de De-at-Alter.ogg Austria das Alter de De-Alter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 From de gmh alter, from de goh altar, from de gem-pro *aldrą. Cognate with nds-de Oller. Noun n age, old age de 1834 Rahel. Ein Buch des Andenkens für ihre Freunde. Erster Theil Berlin 275 Sie sind Eines Alters [...] They are of the same age [...] antiquity epoch, age Declension n Derived terms de Altertum Related terms de Altersangabe Altersaufbau Altersdiskriminierung Altersdurchschnitt Alterserscheinung Altersfrage Altersgrenze Altersgruppe Altersheim Alterspyramide Altersrente Altertum Mittelalter Jugendalter Steinzeitalter Zeitalter Descendants 1 lb Alter See also de alters (de Alters) Etymology 2 Nominalization of adjective de alt. Noun + + de alt someone or something old or bygone old man; old person de colloquial mate, bloke UK; dude, guy US; a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative de Keule<q:regional> Mann Kumpel Digga de Alter! Komm zurück, wir müssen hier links. Dude! Come back, we need to go left here. de Haste ma ’n Euro für was zu essen, Alter? You got a euro for summat to eat, mate? de Wenn irgendso’n Alter hier Ärger macht, schmeiß ihn gleich raus. If some bloke acts up in here, kick him right out. de Ihr Alter hat sie sitzen lassen. Her guy jilted her. Declension + Interjection de interjection de colloquial chiefly slang man, dude, mate; used for emphasis de Junge de Alter, was denn hier los? Man, what’s going on in here? Usage notes This use is derived from the word for a man above and is not always clearly distinguishable from it. It is more marked as slang, however, and is also quite common when addressing a female (the latter part in line with the more usual synonym de Mann). Alternative forms de Alda Alla Etymology 3 Noun de noun form f de Alte str gen//dat s ; str gen p Further reading Alter_Lebensabschnitt Alter_Person_alter_Mensch Luxembourgish Etymology From lb de Alter n. The masculine gender, though existing dialectally in German, is probably triggered by lb fr âge. Pronunciation lb [ˈɑl.tɐ] Noun m Alteren age old age