alt

Significat

1. old
2. ancient
3. elderly (inflected in the comparative)

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/alt/

Etimologia

From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Dutch oud, Low German old, West Frisian âld, English old. Doublet of Alt, a loanword from Italian.

Sents

Die meisten Legehennen werden nicht einmal zwei Jahre alt .

Most laying hens don't even live to be two years old.

Als Zocha sieben Jahre alt war , erschoss sein Vater seine Mutter und sich selbst .

When Zocha was seven years old, his father shot his mother and himself.