alder

See also: Alder, Alder., ålder, and âlder

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EnglishEdit

Female (left) and male (right) catkins.

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian äller(boom)), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle, Norwegian or), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al̃ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) άλιχα (álicha, “white poplar”)

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːldə/
• (US)
  • (without cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɔldɚ/
  • (with cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑldɚ/

NounEdit

alder (plural alders)

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from alder

• alder bush
• Aldercar

• alderfly
• aldern

• alderwood

alder species

• alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
• Andean alder (Alnus acuminata)
• black alder (Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata)
• brook alder (Ilex verticillata)
• Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata)
• common alder (Alnus glutinosa)
• European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
• false alder (Ilex verticillata, Cunonia capensis)

• Formosan alder (Alnus formosana)
• green alder (Alnus viridis)
• grey alder (Alnus incana)
• hazel alder (Alnus serrulata)
• Himalayan alder (Alnus nitida)
• Italian alder (Alnus cordata)
• Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)
• Manchurian alder (Alnus hirsuta)

• Mexican alder (Alnus jorullensis)
• Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)
• oriental alder (Alnus orientalis)
• red alder (Alnus rubra)
• seaside alder (Alnus maritima)
• striped alder (Ilex verticillata)
• white alder (Ilex verticillata)

TranslationsEdit

any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus

• Armenian: լաստենի (hy) (lasteni)
• Aromanian: anin (roa-rup), arin (roa-rup)
• Bashkir: ерек (yerek)
• Basque: haltz (eu)
• Breton: gwern (br) pl
• Bulgarian: елша (elša)
• Catalan: vern (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榿 (zh) (qī)

• Czech: olše (cs) f
• Danish: el (da)
• Dutch: els (nl) m
• Erzya: лепе (lepe)
• Esperanto: alno
• Estonian: lepp
• Faroese: elri (fo) m, ølur m
• Finnish: leppä (fi)
• French: aulne (fr) m, verne (fr) m
• Galician: amieiro (gl) m, ameneiro (gl) m, abeneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: თხმელა (txmela), მურყანი (murq̇ani)
• German: Erle (de) f
• Greek: άλνος m (álnos)

  Ancient Greek: κλήθρα f (klḗthra)

• Greenlandic: palleq
• Hungarian: éger (hu)
• Icelandic: elri (is), ölur m
• Irish: fearnóg f

  Old Irish: fern

• Italian: ontano (it) m
• Japanese: 榿 (ja) (hannoki)
• Latin: alnus (la) m

• Latvian: alksnis m
• Low German: Eller f, Els f

  German Low German: eller (nds)

• Macedonian: евла f (evla)
• Manx: farney m, farney f
• Mazanderani: توسکا‎‎ (tuskā)
• Middle English: aller
• Nahuatl: Īlītl
• Norman: aune m
• Norwegian: or (no) c, older m, f, older m, f
• Old English: alor m
• Old Norse: ǫlr
• Persian: توسکا‎‎ (fa) (tuskâ)
• Polish: olcha (pl) f, olsza f
• Portuguese: amieiro (pt) m
• Romanian: arin (ro) m, anin (ro) m
• Russian: ольха́ (ru) f (olʹxá)
• Scots: aller
• Scottish Gaelic: feàrna f, crann-fèarna m
• Serbo-Croatian: joha (sh) f, jova (sh) f
• Slovak: jelša (sk) f
• Slovene: jelša (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wólša f

• Spanish: aliso (es) m
• Sudovian: alskandis
• Swedish: al (sv) c
• Tagalog: aliso
• Turkish: kızılağaç (tr)
• Venetian: onaro (vec)
• Welsh: gwernen f
• Yiddish: אָלכע‎‎ f (olkhe)

AnagramsEdit

• Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

NounEdit

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

1. age

InflectionEdit

Declension of alder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alder	alderen	aldre	aldrene
genitive	alders	alderens	aldres	aldrenes

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from “alder”

• alderdom c
• alderdomshjem n
• aldersbestemme
• aldersdiabetes c
• aldersdiabetiker c
• aldersformand c
• aldersgruppe c
• aldersgrænse c
• alderspension c
• alderspensionist c
• alderspræsident c
• aldersspredning c
• alderssvarende

• alderstegen
• barnealder c
• bronzealder c
• førskolealder c
• gennemsnitsalder c
• guldalder c
• højmiddelalder c
• jernalder c
• lavalder c
• levealder c
• lømmelalder c
• menneskealder c
• middelalder c

• myndighedsalder c
• overgangsalder c
• pensionsalder c
• senmiddelalder c
• stenalder c
• sølvalder c
• tidsalder c
• trodsalder c
• ungpigealder c
• voksealder c
• voksenalder c
• værnepligtsalder c

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

NounEdit

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)

1. age

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from alder

• alderdom
• aldersblandet
• aldersforskjell
• aldersgrense
• aldersheim
• aldershjem

• alderspensjon
• alderspensjonist
• aldring
• bronsealder
• gullalder

• levealder
• mellomalder
• middelalder
• steinalder
• tidsalder

ReferencesEdit

• “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑldɛr/

NounEdit

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

1. age

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from alder

• alderdom
• aldersforskjell
• aldersgrense
• aldersheim

• alderspensjon
• alderspensjonist
• bronsealder
• gullalder

• levealder
• mellomalder
• steinalder
• tidsalder

ReferencesEdit

• “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

AdjectiveEdit

alder

1. all
2. whole, complete

DeclensionEdit

Declension of alder (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	alder	al	alt
accusative	allan	alla	alt
dative	allum, -om	aldri	allu, -o
genitive	als	aldrar	als
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	allir, -e(r)	allar	al
accusative	alla	allar	al
dative	allum, -om	allum, -om	allum, -om
genitive	aldra	aldra	aldra

DescendantsEdit

• Swedish: all

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

NounEdit

alder m

1. lifetime
2. age; how old someone or something is
3. age, era
4. old age

DeclensionEdit

Declension of alder (a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alder	aldrin	aldra(r)	aldrani(r), -ane(r)
accusative	alder	aldrin	aldra	aldrana
dative	aldri, -e	aldrinum, -enom	aldrum, -om	aldrumin, -omen
genitive	alders	aldersins	aldra	aldranna

DescendantsEdit

• Swedish: ålder