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Adj.; älter, am ältesten1. neutral in Bezug auf Lebensalter: old; ein sechs Jahre alter Junge a six-year-old boy, a boy, aged six; wie alt bist du? how old are you?; er ist ( doppelt) so alt wie ich he’s (twice) my age; er sieht gar nicht so alt aus he doesn’t look it, he looks much younger, he doesn’t look his age; er sieht älter aus als er ist he looks older than he really is; sie ist zwei Jahre älter als ich she’s two years older than I am ( oder me); als ich so alt war wie du... when I was your age...2. (bejahrt, Ggs. jung) old; ihr alter Großvater her aged grandfather; Alt und Jung young and old; alt werden get old, age; der alte Herr Huber old Mr ( oder Mr.) Huber; mein alter Herr umg. (Vater) my old man; ein / eine alter / alte Jundgeselle / Jungfer an old bachelor / maid altm.; der alte Goethe Goethe in his old age; sie ist (äußerlich) ganz schön alt geworden she really has aged; es macht dich alt it makes you look old, it ages you; hier werde ich nicht alt umg., hum. I won’t be sticking around here for very long; dann siehst du alt aus! umg., fig. (dann stehst du dumm da) then you’ll look really stupid; (dann geht es dir schlecht) then you’ll be in a bad way; in der letzten Prüfung habe ich alt ausgesehen umg. I made a mess of the last exam3. (Ggs. neu) old; geschichtlich: auch ancient; (gebraucht) used, second-hand; (altertümlich, aus alter Zeit) antique; (langjährig) auch long-standing; (erfahren) experienced; die alten Griechen / Römer the ancient Greeks / Romans; Alte Geschichte (Ggs. Moderne) Ancient history; alte Bräuche old ( oder ancient) customs; alte Kunst ancient art; eine alte Vase an antique vase; alte Zeitungen auch back numbers (Am. issues) of a newspaper; alte Sprachen the classics; das alte Testament the Old Testament; die Alte Welt the Old World, the ancient world; noch im alten Jahr by ( oder before) the end of the year; in alten Zeiten in times of yore, in the old(en altm., lit.) days; ein Mann der guten alten Schule a man of the good old school; die gute alte Zeit the good old days ( oder times); einer meiner ältesten Freunde one of my oldest friends; aus Alt mach Neu make something new out of the old4. (längst bekannt) Fehler, Problem etc.: familiar, well-known; Trick, Witz: old, stale; es ist wieder die alte Geschichte mit ihr etc. it’s the same old story with her5. (unverändert): am Alten festhalten oder hängen cling to the old ways; alles bleibt beim Alten nothing’s changed; du bist immer noch der Alte you haven’t changed (, have you?); Peter ist nicht mehr der Alte he’s not the Peter I used to know; er ist wieder ganz der Alte he’s back to his usual self6. (Ggs. frisch) old; Brot etc.: stale; Blumen: wilted, faded; Hemd etc.: worn, old; Wunde: old, healed; Spur: cold, old8. umg., verstärkend: alter Angeber / Schwätzer etc. the old poser / loudmouth; ein alter Säufer a confirmed drunkard; na, alter Freund etc., wie geht’s? well old boy, how’s it going?; älter, ältest..., Eisen, Hase etc.* * *old; ancient; antique; olden; aged* * *Ạlt I [alt]m -s, -e (MUS)alto; (von Frau auch) contralto; (Gesamtheit der Stimmen) altos pl, contraltos pl IInt -s, -(= Bier) top-fermented German dark beer* * *1) (old: an aged man.) aged2) ((a singer having) a singing voice of the lowest pitch for a woman.) alto3) (relating to times long ago, especially before the collapse of Rome: ancient history.) ancient5) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) old6) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) old7) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) old* * *Alt1<-s, -e>[alt]m MUS alto, contraltoAlt2<-s, ->[alt]* * *Ider; Alts, Alte (Musik) alto; (Frauenstimme) contralto; alto; (im Chor) altos pl.; contraltos plIIdas; Alt[s], Alt: top fermented, dark beer* * *Alt1 m; -s, -e; MUS alto* * *Ider; Alts, Alte (Musik) alto; (Frauenstimme) contralto; alto; (im Chor) altos pl.; contraltos plIIdas; Alt[s], Alt: top fermented, dark beer* * *adj.ancient adj.antiquarian adj.old adj. adv.anciently adv. -
22 jene
those ones (Pl.); those (Pl.)* * *je|ne(r, s) ['jeːnə]dem pron (geh)in jénem Leben, in jéner Welt — in the next life or world
in jénen Tagen — in those days; (zukünftig) in those days ahead, in those days to come
in jéner Zeit — at that time, in those times
bald dieser, bald jéner — first one then the other
von diesem und jénem sprechen — to talk about this and that
* * *je·ne(r, s)[ˈje:nə, ˈje:nɐ, ˈje:nəs]pron dem (geh)* * *seit jenem Tag from that day on -
23 jener, s
je|ne(r, s) ['jeːnə]dem pron (geh)in jénem Leben, in jéner Welt — in the next life or world
in jénen Tagen — in those days; (zukünftig) in those days ahead, in those days to come
in jéner Zeit — at that time, in those times
bald dieser, bald jéner — first one then the other
von diesem und jénem sprechen — to talk about this and that
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former — adjective 1) the former bishop Syn: one time, erstwhile, sometime, ex , late; previous, foregoing, preceding, earlier, prior, past, last Ant: future, next 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
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former — I for•mer [[t]ˈfɔr mər[/t]] adj. 1) preceding in time; prior or earlier: on a former occasion[/ex] 2) past, long past, or ancient: in former times[/ex] 3) being the first mentioned of two (disting. from latter) 4) having once or previously been;… … From formal English to slang
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