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 Proto-West Germanic *altārī (“altar”), borrowed 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