Translation

1. age, old age neuter, strong

   Sie sind Eines Alters [...]

   They are of the same age …

   Im Alter von sechs Jahren hatte er gelernt, eine Schreibmaschine zu bedienen und er erklärte dem Lehrer, dass er nicht lernen müsste, mit der Hand zu schreiben.

   At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.

   Er war eine gütiger alter Mann, der sich freiwillig anbot, den Rasen seiner Nachbarn kostenlos zu mähen.

   He was a benevolent old man who volunteered to mow his neighbors' lawns for free.

2. antiquity neuter, strong
3. epoch, age neuter, strong

Declension

Translation

1. nominalization of alt (“someone or something old or bygone”) adjectival, masculine
2. old man; old person adjectival, masculine
3. mate, bloke (UK); dude, guy (US); a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative adjectival, colloquial, masculine

   Alter! Komm zurück, wir müssen hier links.

   Dude! Come back, we need to go left here.

   Haste ma ’n Euro für was zu essen, Alter?

   You got a euro for summat to eat, mate?

   Wenn irgendso’n Alter hier Ärger macht, schmeiß ihn gleich raus.

   If some bloke acts up in here, kick him right out.

   Ihr Alter hat sie sitzen lassen.

   Her guy jilted her.

Declension

Translation

1. man, dude, mate; used for emphasis colloquial, slang

   Alter, was denn hier los?

   Man, what’s going on in here?

Translation

1. age sex location source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
2. age source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
3. an old person source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

Translation

1. senescent source:wikdict-en-de-stardict