alder

See also: Alder and ålder

EnglishEdit

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Female (left) and male (right) catkins in the genital course?

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alder (plural alders)

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

Related termsEdit

  • grey alder
  • hazel alder
  • Himalayan alder
  • Italian alder
  • Japanese alder
  • Mexican alder

TranslationsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse aldr.

NounEdit

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

  1. age

InflectionEdit

Inflection 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

NorwegianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Old Norse aldr, akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

NounEdit

alder

  1. age

InflectionEdit

    Inflection of alder
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m alder alderen aldere/aldre/aldrer alderne/aldrene
Nynorsk m alder alderen aldrar aldrane

Derived termsEdit

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