altdeutsch
German, adjective/ˈaltdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/
altdeutsch is spelled A-L-T-D-E-U-T-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altdeutsch is a German adjective meaning “old German: from or resembling an earlier era of German culture (especially the 15th/16th centuries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “früheren deutschen Epochen zugehörig oder sie nachahmend”.
What does altdeutsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
old German: from or resembling an earlier era of German culture (especially the 15th/16th centuries)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. früheren deutschen Epochen zugehörig oder sie nachahmend 2. zu alten Epochen der deutschen Sprache gehörig 3. zu bestimmten altertümlich wirkenden Druck- und Schreibschriften gehörig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of altdeutsch
- altdeutscher masculine nominative singular
- altdeutsche feminine nominative singular
- altdeutsches neuter nominative singular
- altdeutschen genitive masculine singular
- altdeutschem dative masculine singular
- der altdeutsche definite includes-article masculine
- die altdeutsche definite feminine includes-article
- das altdeutsche definite includes-article neuter
- die altdeutschen definite includes-article nominative
- des altdeutschen definite genitive includes-article
- der altdeutschen definite feminine genitive
- dem altdeutschen dative definite includes-article
- den altdeutschen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altdeutsch?
- /ˈaltdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/
- [ˈaltˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altdeutsch in German?
altdeutsch appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).