altern (not comparable)
From Middle High German altern, from Old High German *altarōn (only attested as the past participle gialdaroda), from Proto-West Germanic *aldarōn.
altern (weak, third-person singular present altert, past tense alterte, past participle gealtert, auxiliary sein)
infinitive | 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.
Borrowed from French alterne, from Latin alternus.
altern m or n (feminine singular alternă, masculine plural alterni, feminine and neuter plural alterne)
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 |