Eltern

Senso (Inglese)

parents

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɛltərn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Frasi

Sind wir bald da ?, fragte Susi ihre Eltern .

Ci siamo appena chiesti ai suoi genitori.

Als Kind zog Fairchild mit seinen Eltern nach Cleveland.

Da bambino, Fairchild si trasferì a Cleveland con i suoi genitori.

In einem grausamen Showdown werden die Eltern getötet .

I genitori vengono uccisi in uno scontro crudele.

Geyer-Hopfes Eltern waren Mitglieder im Theaterverein Freiberg .

I genitori di Geyer-Hopfe erano membri del Freiberg Theatervein.

Seine Eltern , Robert Schuiten und Marie-Madeleine De Maeyer, waren beide Architekten .

I suoi genitori, Robert Schuites e Marie-Madeleine de Maeyer, erano entrambi architetti.