old

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
2. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
3. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
4. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
5. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
6. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
7. Of an earlier time.
8. Of an earlier time.
9. Of an earlier time.
10. Of an earlier time.
11. (UK) Of an earlier time.
12. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
13. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
14. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
15. (informal) Indicating affection and familiarity.
16. Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
17. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

Noun

1. (countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) One's parents.
4. (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

Konzepte

alt

🧓

altertümlich

betagt

verbraucht

antik

früher

bejahrt

🧓

altmodisch

uralt

gebrechlich

Greis

Greisin

hinfällig

Klamotte

lange

lange Zeit

Lebensabend

verdorben

vorhergehend

zerlumpt

Zukunft

alte

Alte

alter

greis

alter Brauch

verschlissen

zurückliegend

abgelebt

zerschlissen

abgetragen

Alt

Alter

baufällig

damals

ehemalig

einst

gebraucht

Gegenteil von

new

Synonyme

ancient

aged

elderly

former

worn out

antique

decayed

decrepit

previous

used

antiquated

worn

outdated

experienced

great

old-fashioned

stale

dilapidated

past

long

archaic

elder

obsolete

senile

tough

old person

older

of long standing

rotten

age

not new

coarse

not tender

bygone

ragged

withered

big

outmoded

olden

infirm

old-time

venerable

mature

no good

🙅

superannuated

sometime

large

adult

🧑

senior

spoiled

Übersetzungen

vieux

🧓

viejo

🧓

vecchio

🧓

ancien

🧓

oud

🧓

velho

🧓

antiguo

🧓

vell

🧓

antico

vetus

🧓

âgé

🧓

vieja

eski

🧓

anciano

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: olde

Geerbt von Altenglisch: ald

Verwandt mit Schottisch: auld

Verwandt mit Nordfriesisch: ool

Verwandt mit Saterfriesisch: oold

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: âld

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: oud

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: old

Verwandt mit Deutsch: alt

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: äldre

Verwandt mit Isländisch: eldri

Verwandt mit Latein: altus

In summary

Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aald, auld (“old”), Yola yola, yolaw, yold, yole (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, üülj (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Alemannic German altu, oalt, oalts, olt, àltà (“old”), Bavarian oid (“old”), Central Franconian alt, aod, auw, oot (“old”), Cimbrian, German alt (“old”), Dutch oud, oudt (“old”), German Low German old, oolt (“old”), Luxembourgish al (“old”), Mòcheno òlt (“old”), Vilamovian aołd (“old”), Yiddish אַלט (alt, “old”), Danish ældre (“elderly”), Faroese eldri (“elder, older”), Icelandic aldinn (“old”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk eldre (“elderly”), Swedish äldre (“elderly”), Crimean Gothic alt (“old”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis, “old”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

Sätze

How old are you ?

Wie alt bist du?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

Der alte Mann wusste, wie man liest, und hatte das Buch bereits gelesen.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

Der alte Mann gab das Buch an den Jungen zurück.

He was such a jolly old bloke .

Robert Soto has been dancing since he was eight years old .

Robert Soto tanzt seit seinem achtjährigen Lebensjahr.

The jolliest old woman !

Die jolligste alte Frau!