Altar

From Old High German altar, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Compare German Alter, German Low German Oller, Saterland Frisian Oaler, Icelandic aldur.

Altar n

1. (Uri) age, old age

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 72.

From Middle High German alter, altære, from Old High German altāri, from Latin altāre. The form was readapted to the Latin source, partly to avoid homophony with Alter (“age”). Compare also Dutch altaar alongside archaic outer.

• IPA^(key): /alˈtaː(ɐ̯)/

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Altar m (strong, genitive Altares or Altars, plural Altäre, diminutive Altärchen n)

1. (religion, including Christianity) altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)

• Altaraufsatz, Altarbild, Altardiener, Altardienst, Altargemälde, Altarkreuz, Altarkerze, Altarraum, Altartisch, Altartuch
• Flügelaltar, Hochaltar, Marienaltar, Schnitzaltar, Seitenaltar, Sühnealtar, Vierungsaltar, Zwölfbotenaltar

• “Altar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Altar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Altar” in Duden online

Altar m

1. (astronomy) Ara (a constellation of the southern sky)

Altar n

1. Ara (constellation)

Altar ?

1. A municipality of Sonora, Mexico