altern
See also: Altern
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editaltern (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book CLXXXIX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 346-352:
- And God made two great lights, great for thir use / To Man, the greater to have rule by day, / The less by night, alterne ; and made the stars, / And set them in the firmament of Heaven / To illuminate the Earth, and rule the day / In their vicissitude, and rule the night, / And light from darkness to divide. […]
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German altern, from Old High German *altarōn (only attested as the past participle gialdaroda), from Proto-West Germanic *aldarōn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaltern (weak, third-person singular present altert, past tense alterte, past participle gealtert, auxiliary sein)
- to age
Conjugation
editinfinitive | altern | ||||
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present participle | alternd | ||||
past participle | gealtert | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich altre ich altere ich alter |
wir altern | i | ich altere ich altre |
wir altern |
du alterst | ihr altert | du alterest du altrest |
ihr alteret ihr altret | ||
er altert | sie altern | er altere er altre |
sie altern | ||
preterite | ich alterte | wir alterten | ii | ich alterte1 | wir alterten1 |
du altertest | ihr altertet | du altertest1 | ihr altertet1 | ||
er alterte | sie alterten | er alterte1 | sie alterten1 | ||
imperative | altre (du) alter (du) altere (du) |
altert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French alterne, from Latin alternus.
Adjective
editaltern m or n (feminine singular alternă, masculine plural alterni, feminine and neuter plural alterne)
Declension
editDeclension of altern
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | altern | alternă | alterni | alterne | ||
definite | alternul | alterna | alternii | alternele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | altern | alterne | alterni | alterne | ||
definite | alternului | alternei | alternilor | alternelor |
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