Definition
The number of years that a person has lived since birth.
Translations
- English
- age
- Français
- âge
- Türkçe
- yaş
- Polski
- wiek
- Русский
- возраст
- Українська
- вік
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Alter
- A2
- Noun
- Personal Information
- Time & Calendar
age
/das ˈaltɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Alter
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimaryTime & Calendar
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Alter eines Menschen verändert sich im Laufe des Lebens.NominativSing.A person's age changes over the course of their life.
- Viele Menschen verschweigen ihr Alter.AkkusativSing.Many people conceal their age.
- Mit zunehmendem Alter verändert sich der Körper.DativSing.As people get older, the body changes.
- Die Bedeutung des Alters wird oft unterschätzt.GenitivSing.The importance of age is often underestimated.
- Die Alter der Teilnehmenden sind unterschiedlich.NominativPlur.The ages of the participants are different.
- Die verschiedenen Alter der Teilnehmenden wurden erfasst.AkkusativPlur.The participants' various ages were recorded.
- In unterschiedlichen Altern lernen Menschen neue Dinge.DativPlur.People of different ages learn new things.
- Die Merkmale verschiedener Alter werden berücksichtigt.GenitivPlur.The characteristics of different age groups are taken into account.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Alter/ˈaltɐ/
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Article phrase
das Alter/das ˈaltɐ/
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Plural
Alter/ˈaltɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Alter | die Alter |
| Akkusativ | das Alter | die Alter |
| Dativ | dem Alter | den Altern |
| Genitiv | des Alters | der Alter |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdas Alter erreichen
- Collocationim Alter
- Collocationein hohes Alter
- Verb constructionsein Alter verschweigen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructionjemandem sein Alter verraten + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDas Alter spielt eine wichtige Rolle.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymLebensalter
Lebensalter is a more formal term and emphasizes the years lived since birth.
- Semantically relatedJugend — youth
Jugend denotes a stage of life; Alter states the number of years lived since birth.
- Semantically relatedKindheit
Kindheit is an early stage of life; Alter, by contrast, generally denotes the number of years that have passed or been lived since birth.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Alter“ is a simple noun without a visibly productive derivation.