Eltern

Betekenis (Engels)

parents

Sinonieme

Vorfahren

Elternteil

Erziehungsberechtigte

Mutter

👩‍🍼

Vater und Mutter

Vater

👨‍👦

ahnen

beide Elternteile

die Alten

Elter

elterlich

Vormund

Erziehungsberechtigter

Vertalings

padres

parents

genitori

parents

ouders

pais

pares

parent

parent

père et mère

ouderpaar

ebeveyn

parentes

genitore

Dialekte

Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden

eltere

Kanton Basel-Land

alte

Kanton Basel-Land

eltere

Kanton Zürich

eltere

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛltərn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: eltern

Geërf van Old High German: eltirōn

Verwante met Nederlands: ouders

Verwante met Engels: elders

In summary

From Middle High German eltern, from Old High German eltirōn, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. Compare Dutch ouders, English elders.
The form is equivalent to a nominalised comparative of alt (“old”). The according spelling Ältern was common in Early Modern German, but later went out of fashion. Several sources claim that this was due to incomprehension of the etymology, but that seems implausible given its obviousness. An alternative explanation would be the desire to distinguish between Eltern (“parents”) and die Älteren (“older ones, elders”), which latter was commonly spelt Ältern.

Sinne

Seine Eltern ließen sich als er sechs Jahre alt war scheiden .

His parents divorced when he was six years old.