alder

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

English
Female (left) and male (right) catkins.

Etymology

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) ἄλιζα (áliza, “white poplar”)

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

Noun

alder (plural alders)

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

Derived terms
alder species

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

  1. age

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

Derived terms
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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. age

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑldɛr/

Noun

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

  1. age

Derived terms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

alder

  1. all
  2. whole, complete
Declension
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
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

alder m

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