No. 2,400 in German
old
The German word "alt" means "old" in English.
In a sentence
Das alte Buch liegt auf dem Tisch.
The old book is on the table.
Here, 'alt' (old) is used as an adjective to describe the book (noun) and is inflected (alte) to agree with the gender (neuter) and case (nominative) of the noun it modifies.
Der alte Mann erzählte uns viele Geschichten.
The old man told us many stories.
In this sentence, 'alt' (old) is used as an adjective to describe a person (Mann), and it is inflected (alte) to agree with the gender (masculine) and number (singular) of the noun.
Diese Technik ist alt, aber effizient.
This technique is old, but efficient.
Here, 'alt' is used predicatively to describe the subject (Technik) without direct inflection.
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