Was heißt »al­tern« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »al­tern« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • age
  • get older
  • grow old

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nichts lässt uns schneller altern als die Furcht, dass wir schnell alt werden.

Nothing makes us age more quickly than the thought that we're ageing quickly.

Nothing makes us age quicker than the thought that we're ageing quickly.

Nothing makes us age faster than the thought that we're ageing fast.

Wenn Menschen altern, lässt ihre Körperkraft nach.

As humans age, their physical strength declines.

Im Laufe von einer Woche alterte er um einige Jahre.

He aged several years in the course of a week.

Nach Omas plötzlichem Tod begann Opa schnell zu altern.

After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly.

Mein Vater ist seit letztem Jahr stark gealtert.

My father aged a lot since last year.

Synonyme

rei­fen:
ripen

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He died suddenly at the age of 65.

  • Tom is about half Mary's age.

  • You should never ask a woman her age.

  • Tom and Mary are the same age as John.

  • Tom is twice Mary's age.

  • I was already married at your age.

  • Tom is about your age.

  • Tom lied about his age.

  • Tom and I are the same age.

  • She came to Tokyo at the age of eighteen.

  • Tom is now middle age and has serious health problems.

  • She's good-looking for her age.

  • He's good looking for his age.

  • My daughter's your age.

  • My French teacher is the same age as me.

  • My French teacher is the same age as I am.

  • Twenty is a beautiful age.

  • I'm about the same age as you.

  • I'm the same age as Tom.

  • She looks half her age.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

er­grau­en:
go grey
turn gray
turn grey
ver­rot­ten:
decompose
rot

Altern übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: altern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: altern. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 672342, 1554756, 1925766, 2091614, 10268580, 2587105, 2619672, 2571741, 2641153, 2645352, 2550148, 2547003, 2546395, 2544022, 2536004, 2662614, 2515294, 2515293, 2700789, 2490904, 2490903, 2486852, 2713108, 2713485 & 2473492. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR