Meanings
age, old age
Sie sind Eines Alters [...]They are of the same age …
antiquity
epoch, age
4 more meanings
Noun
nominalization of alt (“someone or something old or bygone”)
old man; old person
colloquialmate, bloke (UK); dude, guy (US); a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative
Alter! Komm zurück, wir müssen hier links.Dude! Come back, we need to go left here.
Interjection
colloquial · slangman, dude, mate; used for emphasis
Alter, was denn hier los?Man, what’s going on in here?
Examples
GermanEnglish
Für ihr Alter sieht sie gut aus.She looks good for her age.
Für sein Alter sieht er gut aus.He looks good for his age.