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| legacy {adj} [old, not longer in active use] | 770 veraltet | |
| extant {adj} [old manuscripts etc.] | 463 erhalten | |
| surviving {adj} [old piece of literature etc.] | 355 erhalten | |
| thither {adv} [old-fashioned] | 340 dorthin | |
| aged {adj} [old, of advanced age] | 314 bejahrt [geh.] | |
| sprightly {adj} [old people] | 158 rüstig | |
| Tarnation! [esp. Am.] [old-fashioned] | 121 Verdammt! [salopp pej.] | |
| save {prep} {conj} [old use or formal: except] | 110 außer [+Dat.] [es sei denn] | |
| pol. GOP {adj} [Am.] [abbr.: Grand Old Party] | 108 republikanisch [die Republikanische Partei der USA betreffend] | |
| quaint {adj} [old-fashioned] | 107 altmodisch | |
| Begone! [old-fashioned] | 87 Hinfort! [geh.] [veraltend] [Hinweg!] | |
| natty {adj} [coll.] [old-fashioned] | 84 flott [ugs.] | |
| archaic {adj} [old-fashioned] | 74 altmodisch | |
| spritely {adj} [of old people] [spv.] | 64 rüstig | |
| frail {adj} [from old age] | 58 klapprig [hinfällig] | |
| knotted {adj} [old tree, person] | 46 knorrig | |
| Flip! [Br.] [coll.] [old-fashioned] | 43 Mist! [ugs.] | |
| venerable {adj} [because of old age] | 36 greis [geh. od. veraltet: ehrwürdig] | |
| lined {adj} [old people] | 34 faltig | |
| Dickensian {adj} [old-fashioned] | 28 antiquiert | |
| oldfashioned {adj} [spv.] [old-fashioned] | 25 altväterlich | |
| sociol. [having a disproportionate number of old people] {adj} | 14 überaltert | |
| ole {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [regional or hum.] [also fig.] [old] | 7 oll [ugs.] [bes. nordd.] [hum.] [auch fig.] [alt] | |
| anile {adj} [literary] [of or like an old woman] | 6 senil [Frau] | |
| oul {adj} [Irish: old] | 6 alt | |
| pickaback {adv} [old-fashioned] | 6 huckepack | |
| quote [I belong rather to the "old iron" (literally: the scrap heap / here also: the good old stuff) than to the "new sheet iron" (here: the new piffle).] | Ich gehöre lieber zum alten Eisen als zum neuen Blech. [u. a. dem Schauspieler Max „Maxi“ Böhm zugeschrieben] | |
| [late (deceased)] {adj} [attr.] [may in German be used colloquially hum. for things that do not exist any longer, besides the standard meaning for persons which is becoming old-fashioned] | seligen Angedenkens [nachgestellt] [ugs. hum.] [einstig, früher] [nicht Personen betreffend] | |
| proverb [Old bread is not hard – no bread, that is hard.] | Altes Brot ist nicht hart – kein Brot, das ist hart. | |
| quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."] | Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“] | |
| medieval {adj} [old-fashioned, primitive] | von anno Schnee [österr.] [ugs.] [nachgestellt] [Redewendung] | |
| resurrected {adj} {past-p} [fig.] [coll.] [dig out old clothes etc.] | wieder ausgegraben [fig.] [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] | |
| sb. resurrects [coll.] [digs out] [old clothes etc.] | jd. gräbt wieder aus [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] | |
| tomfoolish {adj} [old-fashioned] | dalbrig [nordd.] [ugs.] [auch: dalberig] | |
Verbs |
| to grow [become gradually, e.g. old] | 880 werden | |
| to refurbish sth. [e.g. an old sofa] | 167 etw. aufarbeiten [z. B. ein altes Sofa] | |
| to dribble [child, old person] | 111 sabbern [ugs.] | |
| to refurbish sth. [e.g. old furniture] | 59 etw. auffrischen [z. B. alte Möbel] | |
| to diminish [physically, mentally] [esp. old persons] | 49 abbauen [ugs.] [körperlich, geistig] [bes. alte Menschen] | |
| to date [become old-fashioned] | 31 veralten | |
| to pickle sth. [remove old paint etc.] | 14 etw.Akk. abbeizen | |
| constr. to roughcast [in an old technique] | 12 patschokieren [österr.] | |
| to smell [esp. old clothing, shoes etc.] | 5 müfteln [ugs.] | |
| to chuck sb. [Br.] [coll.] [old-fashioned] | jdm. den Laufpass geben [ugs.] [sich von jdm. trennen] | |
| to rekindle sth. [fig.] [e.g. an old friendship] | etw.Akk. wiederaufleben lassen [z. B. eine alte Freundschaft] | |
| to resurrect sth. [coll.] [dig out] [old clothes etc.] | etw. wieder ausgraben [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] | |
| law to review sth. [an old case] | etw. wieder aufrollen [einen alten Fall] | |
| law to review sth. [an old case] | sichDat. etw. wieder vornehmen [ugs.] [einen alten Fall] | |
| biol. to senesce [grow old] | altern [alt werden] | |
| to survive [old piece of literature etc.] | erhalten sein | |
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