Noun / Interjection
das Alter
Pronunciation: /ˈaltər/
age, old age
The German noun Alter means age, old age in English.
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plural Alter
All meanings of Alter
Noun
- age, old age
- antiquity
- epoch, age
- old man; old person
- mate, bloke (UK); dude, guy (US); a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative
Interjection
- man, dude, mate; used for emphasis
Alter in a German sentence
Das Alter beschleicht uns, ohn’ dass wir’s bemerken.
Old age creeps up on us before we know it.
Forms of Alter
das Alterdie Alter | der Alterdie Alte
Alter in the four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Alter
Accusativedas Alter
Dativedem Alter
Genitivedes Alters
Plural
Nominativedie Alter
Accusativedie Alter
Dativeden Altern
Genitiveder Alter