English-German translations for old

  • alt
    Die alte Haushaltsordnung war 25 Jahre alt. The old Financial Regulation was 25 years old. Das alte Europa wird voll älterer Menschen sein. Old Europe will be full of old people. Das ist ziemlich alt - in der Tat ist es so alt wie ich, und das ist wirklich ziemlich alt. That is quite old - in fact, it is as old I am and that is quite old.
  • ältlich
  • betagt
  • Greisder
  • greis
  • Klamottedie
  • Oldieder
  • oldschool
  • ollDas ist die gleiche olle Kamelle, die als Einwand gegen jeden Vorschlag vorgebracht wird. This is the old hoary chestnut that is brought forward to object to every proposal.
  • vergammelt
  • Woopie

Definition of old

  • Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time
  • Having been used and thus no longer new or unused
  • Having existed or lived for the specified time
  • ''Of an earlier time.''
  • Tiresome after prolonged repetition
  • Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time
  • Excessive, abundant
  • }} People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group
  • One of a specified age

Examples

  • an old abandoned building; an old friend
  • a wrinkled old man
  • an old loaf of bread
  • I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with
  • How old are they? She’s five years old and hes seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child
  • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old
  • a school reunion for Old Etonians
  • The footpath follows the route of an old railway line
  • That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way
  • When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho
  • Your constant pestering is getting old
  • My next car will be a big old SUV
  • A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
  • when he was an eight-year-old ; a 62-year-old should

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