Polyglot Dictionary

Altersarmut

/ˈaltɐsˌʔaʁmuːt/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. poverty in old age

    Built from Alter (age) + Armut (poverty).

    • Altersarmut ist ein wachsendes Problem.

      Poverty in old age is a growing problem.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Alter age
  • Armut poverty

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

empobrecimiento

Close — poverty and impoverishment overlap.

Practice

1 What does Altersarmut mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ ist ein wachsendes Problem.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Altersarmut?

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