No. 630 in Norwegian
alder
Age.
In a sentence
Hva er din alder?
What is your age?
Here, 'alder' refers to the concept of age as a numerical value.
Hun har en moden alder for denne jobben.
She has a mature age for this job.
In this sentence, 'alder' describes an appropriate stage or maturity in life for a specific context.
Treets alder kan bestemmes ved å telle årringer.
The tree's age can be determined by counting rings.
Here, 'alder' refers to the age of a natural object, indicating time since it came into existence.
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