Alter.
age, old age
Meaning & usage
age, old age
antiquity
epoch, age
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German alter, from Old High German altar, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Cognate with German Low German Oller.
nominalization of alt (“someone or something old or bygone”)
old man; old person
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.
Haste ma ’n Euro für was zu essen, Alter?
Where this word comes from
Nominalization of adjective alt.
man, dude, mate; used for emphasis
Alter, was denn hier los?
Where this word comes from
Nominalization of adjective alt.
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