alt
Meaning in English: old
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Wie alt bist du?
How old are you?
Forms of alt in the top 5,000
These forms of alt are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Wir wohnen in einem alten Haus.
We live in an old house.
Die alte Brücke wird bald repariert.
The old bridge will be repaired soon.
Meine ältere Schwester wohnt in Köln.
My older sister lives in Cologne.
Meine älteren Geschwister wohnen schon lange nicht mehr zu Hause.
My older siblings moved out long ago.
Mein Bruder ist zwei Jahre älter als ich.
My brother is two years older than me.
Meine älteste Schwester wohnt in Hamburg.
My eldest sister lives in Hamburg.
Das ist eines der ältesten Häuser der Stadt.
That is one of the oldest houses in town.
How common is alt?
alt is number 861 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 102 times per million words — about once every 9,800 words. Its most frequent form is alten (#648).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 857genommentaken
- 858die Auswahlselection, choice
- 859entsprechendencorresponding, relevant
- 860erfolgentake place, be carried out
- 861altold
- 862verlassenleave
- 863kamencame
- 864die Leistungperformance, achievement; service
- 865manchmalsometimes
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#861
- The 5,000 most common German words#861
- The most common German adjectives#106
- German A1 vocabulary#340
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.