Noun / Interjection
das Alter
age, old age
A1
rank #318
plural Alter
Meanings
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
In a sentence
Das Alter beschleicht uns, ohn’ dass wir’s bemerken.
Old age creeps up on us before we know it.
Forms
das Alterdie Alter | der Alterdie Alte