Alter

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) age, old age
 * 2) antiquity
 * 3) epoch, age
 * 1) epoch, age

Etymology 2
Nominalization of adjective.

Noun

 * 1) old man; old person
 * 2)  mate, bloke ; dude, guy ;
 * 1)  mate, bloke ; dude, guy ;

Interjection

 * 1)  man, dude, mate;

Usage notes

 * This use is derived from the word for a man above and is not always clearly distinguishable from it. It is more marked as slang, however, and is also quite common when addressing a female (the latter part in line with the more usual synonym ).

Etymology
From. The masculine gender, though existing dialectally in German, is probably triggered by.

Noun

 * 1) age
 * 2) old age