Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en ålder

age

Meaning

age

In Swedish: antal levnadsår som man har uppnått

Forms

Forms of ålder
Singular, indefiniteen ålder
Singular, definiteåldern
Plural, indefiniteåldrar
Plural, definiteåldrarna

ålder is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor ålder, den stora åldern. Check another noun

Practise ålder

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Is it en ålder or ett ålder?

ålder in a sentence

  • vid 75 års ålder
    at the age of 75
  • barn i åldern 6--8 år
    children of 6 to 8 years of age

Words built with ålder

  • medelålder middle age
  • skolålder school age
  • pensionsålder pensionable age
  • ålderskrämpor ailments (infirmities) that come with age
  • ålderspension old-age pension
  • åldersgrupp age group (bracket)
  • atomålder atomic age
  • stenålder stone age

Questions

What does ålder mean in English?

ålder means “age”.

Is it en ålder or ett ålder?

It is en ålder, and “the age” is åldern.

What is the plural of ålder?

The plural of ålder is åldrar, and the definite plural is åldrarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish alder, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Nearby common words

ålder is number 1,194 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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