Significado (Inglés)

parents

Frecuencia

A1
Dialectos

Appenzell Interior

Appenzell Interior

eltere

Basilea-Campo

Basilea-Campo

alte

Basilea-Campo

Basilea-Campo

eltere

Cantón de Zúric

Cantón de Zúric

eltere

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈɛltərn/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.

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