"Alte Welt" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈaltə vɛlt] Audio: De-Alte Welt.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Literally, “old world”. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|old world}} “old world”, {{lit|old world}} Literally, “old world” Head templates: {{de-noun|Alte<+> Welt<f.sg>}} Alte Welt f (definite nominative die Alte Welt, genitive Alter Welt, definite genitive der Alten Welt, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|Alte<+> Welt<f.sg>}} Forms: die Alte Welt [definite, nominative], Alter Welt [genitive], der Alten Welt [definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alte Welt [nominative, strong], Alter Welt [genitive, strong], Alter Welt [dative, strong], Alte Welt [accusative, strong], Alte Welt [nominative, weak], Alten Welt [genitive, weak], Alten Welt [dative, weak], Alte Welt [accusative, weak], Alte Welt [mixed, nominative], Alten Welt [genitive, mixed], Alten Welt [dative, mixed], Alte Welt [accusative, mixed]
  1. (history, geography) the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia.) Tags: feminine, no-plural Derived forms: altweltlich Related terms: Altweltaffe, Altweltgeier, Altweltkamel, Altweltmaulwurf, Altweltmaus, Altweltpapagei

Inflected forms

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