# altere vs Altern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### altere
*verb · IPA [ˈaltəʁə] · frequency rank #36,169*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs altern

### Altern
*noun · IPA [ˈaltɐn] · frequency rank #18,796*
Älterwerden

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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