altern
In English: to age, to grow old
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- alterte
- Partizip II
- gealtert
- Perfekt auxiliary
- sein
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Example sentences
Ich möchte in Würde altern.
I want to age gracefully.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRMein Vater ist seit letztem Jahr stark gealtert.
My father aged a lot since last year.
Tatoeba · Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FRIm Laufe von einer Woche alterte er um einige Jahre.
He aged several years in the course of a week.
Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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