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Webster 1913 Edition

Alder

Al′der

(a̤l′dẽr)

Noun.

[OE.

aldir

aller

, fr. AS.

alr

aler

alor

, akin to D.

els

, G.

erle

, Icel.

erlir

erli

, Swed.

, Dan.

elle

, L.

alnus

, and E.

elm

(Bot.)

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus

Alnus

. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the

U. S.

the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.

Black alder

(a)

A European shrub (

Rhamnus frangula

); Alder buckthorn.

(b)

An American species of holly (

Ilex verticillata

), bearing red berries.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alder

AL'DER

Noun.

[L. alnus.]

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The name is applied also to some species of other genera.

Definition 2025

Alder

See also: alder, âlder, ålder, and Alder.

English

Proper noun

Alder ‎(plural Alders)

A topographic surname for someone who lived by alder trees.

Derived terms

Alderson

alder

See also: Alder, Alder., ålder, and âlder

English

Female (left) and male (right) catkins.

Noun

alder ‎(plural alders)

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Derived terms

Terms derived from alder

alder buckthorn
alder bush
aldercar
alderfly
aldern
alderwood
Andean alder
black alder
brook alder

Caucasian alder
common alder
European alder
false alder
Formosan alder
green alder
grey alder
hazel alder
Himalayan alder

Italian alder
Japanese alder
Mexican alder
Nepalese alder
oriental alder
red alder
seaside alder
striped alder
white alder

Translations

any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus

Armenian: լաստենի (hy) ‎(lasteni)
Aromanian: anin (roa-rup), arin (roa-rup)
Bashkir: ерек ‎(yerek)
Basque: haltz (eu)
Breton: gwern (br) pl
Bulgarian: елша ‎(elša)
Catalan: vern (ca) m
Czech: olše (cs) f
Danish: el (da)
Dutch: els (nl) m
Erzya: лепе ‎(lepe)
Esperanto: alno
Estonian: lepp
Faroese: elri (fo) m, ølur m
Finnish: leppä (fi)
French: aulne (fr) m, verne (fr) m
Galician: amieiro (gl) m, ameneiro (gl) m, abeneiro (gl) m
Georgian: თხმელა ‎(txmela), მურყანი ‎(murq̇ani)
German: Erle (de) f
Greenlandic: palleq
Hungarian: éger (hu)
Icelandic: elri (is)
Irish: fearnóg f
Old Irish: fern
Italian: ontano (it) m
Latin: alnus (la) m
Low German:
German Low German: eller (nds)
Macedonian: евла f ‎(evla)

Manx: farney m, farney f
Mazanderani: توسکا ‎(tuskā)
Middle English: aller
Nahuatl: Īlītl
Norman: aune m
Norwegian: or (no) c, older m, f, older m, f
Old English: alor
Old Norse: ǫlr
Persian: توسکا (fa) ‎(tuskâ)
Polish: olcha (pl) f, olsza f
Portuguese: amieiro (pt) m
Romanian: arin (ro) m, anin (ro) m
Russian: ольха́ (ru) f ‎(olʹxá)
Scots: aller
Scottish Gaelic: feàrna f, crann-fèarna m
Serbo-Croatian: joha (sh) f, jova (sh) f
Slovak: jelša (sk) f
Slovene: jelša (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wólša f
Spanish: aliso (es) m
Swedish: al (sv) c
Tagalog: aliso
Turkish: kızılağaç (tr)
Welsh: gwernen f
Yiddish: אָלכע f ‎(olkhe)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

Inflection

Inflection of alder

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alder	alderen	aldre	aldrene
genitive	alders	alderens	aldres	aldrenes

Derived terms

Terms derived from “alder”

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale ‎(“to raise”), from ala.

Noun

alder m ‎(definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)

Derived terms

Terms derived from alder

References

“alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale ‎(“to raise”), from ala.

Noun

alder m ‎(definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

Derived terms

References

“alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Adjective

alder

all
whole, complete

Declension

Declension of alder (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	alder	al	alt
accusative	allan	alla	alt
dative	allum, -om	aldri	allu, -o
genitive	als	aldrar	als
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	allir, -e(r)	allar	al
accusative	alla	allar	al
dative	allum, -om	allum, -om	allum, -om
genitive	aldra	aldra	aldra

Descendants

Swedish: all

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą.

Noun

alder m

lifetime
age; how old someone or something is
age, era
old age

Declension

Declension of alder (a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alder	aldrin	aldra(r)	aldrani(r), -ane(r)
accusative	alder	aldrin	aldra	aldrana
dative	aldri, -e	aldrinum, -enom	aldrum, -om	aldrumin, -omen
genitive	alders	aldersins	aldra	aldranna

Descendants

Swedish: ålder

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Webster 1913 Edition

Alder

Al′der

Webster 1828 Edition

Alder

AL'DER

Definition 2025

Alder

Alder

English

Proper noun

Derived terms

alder

alder

English

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Pronunciation

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