# das Alter

das Alter is a German noun meaning “age”. Forms: des Alters, die Alter.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Alters
- Plural: die Alter

## In other languages

- Русский: возраст
- Українська: старий, дід

## Noun

1. age, old age
   - Sie sind Eines Alters [...] — They are of the same age …
2. antiquity
3. epoch, age

## Noun

1. nominalization of alt (“someone or something old or bygone”)
2. old man; old person
3. _colloquial_ mate, 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

1. _colloquial · slang_ man, dude, mate; used for emphasis
   - Alter, was denn hier los? — Man, what’s going on in here?

## Examples

- 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.
- Für dein Alter siehst du jung aus. — You look young for your age.
- Tom sieht jung aus für sein Alter. — Tom looks young for his age.
- Toms Frau ist etwa in meinem Alter. — Tom's wife is about my age.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Alter