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 | legacy {adj} [old, not longer in active use] | 834 veraltet |  |
 | extant {adj} [old manuscripts etc.] | 483 erhalten |  |
 | surviving {adj} [old piece of literature etc.] | 355 erhalten |  |
 | thither {adv} [old-fashioned] | 343 dorthin |  |
 | aged {adj} [old, of advanced age] | 314 bejahrt [geh.] |  |
 | sprightly {adj} [old people] | 171 rüstig |  |
 | Tarnation! [esp. Am.] [old-fashioned] | 128 Verdammt! [salopp pej.] |  |
 | quaint {adj} [old-fashioned] | 122 altmodisch |  |
 | pol. GOP {adj} [Am.] [abbr.: Grand Old Party] | 110 republikanisch [die Republikanische Partei der USA betreffend] |  |
 | save {prep} {conj} [old use or formal: except] | 109 außer [+Dat.] [es sei denn] |  |
 | Begone! [old-fashioned] | 87 Hinfort! [geh.] [veraltend] [Hinweg!] |  |
 | natty {adj} [coll.] [old-fashioned] | 85 flott [ugs.] |  |
 | archaic {adj} [old-fashioned] | 77 altmodisch |  |
 | spritely {adj} [of old people] [spv.] | 64 rüstig |  |
 | frail {adj} [from old age] | 60 klapprig [hinfällig] |  |
 | Flip! [Br.] [coll.] [old-fashioned] | 48 Mist! [ugs.] |  |
 | knotted {adj} [old tree, person] | 46 knorrig |  |
 | venerable {adj} [because of old age] | 38 greis [geh. od. veraltet: ehrwürdig] |  |
 | lined {adj} [old people] | 34 faltig |  |
 | Dickensian {adj} [old-fashioned] | 29 antiquiert |  |
 | oldfashioned {adj} [spv.] [old-fashioned] | 25 altväterlich |  |
 | sociol. [having a disproportionate number of old people] {adj} | 14 überaltert |  |
 | ole {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [regional or hum.] [also fig.] [old] | 8 oll [ugs.] [bes. nordd.] [hum.] [auch fig.] [alt] |  |
 | anile {adj} [literary] [of or like an old woman] | 6 senil [Frau] |  |
 | oul {adj} [Irish: old] | 6 alt |  |
 | pickaback {adv} [old-fashioned] | 6 huckepack |  |
 | quote [I belong rather to the "old iron" (literally: the scrap heap / here also: the good old stuff) than to the "new sheet iron" (here: the new piffle).] | Ich gehöre lieber zum alten Eisen als zum neuen Blech. [u. a. dem Schauspieler Max „Maxi“ Böhm zugeschrieben] |  |
 | [late (deceased)] {adj} [attr.] [may in German be used colloquially hum. for things that do not exist any longer, besides the standard meaning for persons which is becoming old-fashioned] | seligen Angedenkens [nachgestellt] [ugs. hum.] [einstig, früher] [nicht Personen betreffend] |  |
 | proverb [Old bread is not hard – no bread, that is hard.] | Altes Brot ist nicht hart – kein Brot, das ist hart. |  |
 | quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."] | Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“] |  |
 | medieval {adj} [old-fashioned, primitive] | von anno Schnee [österr.] [ugs.] [nachgestellt] [Redewendung] |  |
 | resurrected {adj} {past-p} [fig.] [coll.] [dig out old clothes etc.] | wieder ausgegraben [fig.] [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] |  |
 | sb. resurrects [coll.] [digs out] [old clothes etc.] | jd. gräbt wieder aus [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] |  |
 | tomfoolish {adj} [old-fashioned] | dalbrig [nordd.] [ugs.] [auch: dalberig] |  |
Verbs |
 | to grow [become gradually, e.g. old] | 881 werden |  |
 | to refurbish sth. [e.g. an old sofa] | 169 etw. aufarbeiten [z. B. ein altes Sofa] |  |
 | to dribble [child, old person] | 114 sabbern [ugs.] |  |
 | to refurbish sth. [e.g. old furniture] | 60 etw. auffrischen [z. B. alte Möbel] |  |
 | to diminish [physically, mentally] [esp. old persons] | 51 abbauen [ugs.] [körperlich, geistig] [bes. alte Menschen] |  |
 | to date [become old-fashioned] | 31 veralten |  |
 | to pickle sth. [remove old paint etc.] | 15 etw.Akk. abbeizen |  |
 | constr. to roughcast [in an old technique] | 12 patschokieren [österr.] |  |
 | to smell [esp. old clothing, shoes etc.] | 5 müfteln [ugs.] |  |
 | to chuck sb. [Br.] [coll.] [old-fashioned] | jdm. den Laufpass geben [ugs.] [sich von jdm. trennen] |  |
 | to rekindle sth. [fig.] [e.g. an old friendship] | etw.Akk. wiederaufleben lassen [z. B. eine alte Freundschaft] |  |
 | to resurrect sth. [coll.] [dig out] [old clothes etc.] | etw. wieder ausgraben [ugs.] [alte Kleider usw.] |  |
 | law to review sth. [an old case] | etw. wieder aufrollen [einen alten Fall] |  |
 | law to review sth. [an old case] | sichDat. etw. wieder vornehmen [ugs.] [einen alten Fall] |  |
 | biol. to senesce [grow old] | altern [alt werden] |  |
 | to survive [old piece of literature etc.] | erhalten sein |  |