old age

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (uncountable) The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
2. (uncountable) A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.

Konzepte

Alter

hohes Alter

Greisenalter

Lebensabend

Vergreisung

ältere Person

Betagtheit

alte Menschen

älterer Bürger

Jahre

Senilitas

Senilität

Synonyme

senility

age

decrepitude

adult age

eld

oldness

aged

years

advanced age

aging

decay

elderly

old

🧓

senescence

old people

long life

ageing

geezerhood

aging

ageing

senile

elderliness

senior citizens

year

declining years

youth

become old

last days

topographic old age

old person

veteran stage

childhood

oncoming age

anility

birth

geratic period

older people

time of life

the elderly

infancy

infirmity

life span

namely

aged population

old man

eminence

codggywood

Übersetzungen

vieillesse

vejez

ouderdom

troisième âge

ancianidad

tercera edad

edad

sénilité

grand âge

âge

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: olde age

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: olde elde

In summary

From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).