alt

Meaning

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

Concepts

old

ancient

aged

antique

venerable

former

used

stale

antiquarian

worn

ragged

decayed

decrepit

dilapidated

lapsed

ramshackle

rickety

seedy

void

oldly

anciently

previous

antiquated

obsolete article

outmoded

threadbare

old-fashioned

presenting

showing

elder

older

very expensive

very heavy

spoiled

worn out

tattered

persons

of long standing

alto

ex-

back

long in the tooth

age-old

of age

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/alt/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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.