ancient / old-fashioned
altertümlich – altertümlicher – am altertümlichsten
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ancient / old-fashioned
Originating from a very distant past or reminiscent of such a time in appearance, language, or character.
Die altertümlichen Möbel und die schweren Vorhänge ließen das Zimmer wie einen Raum aus einem Schloss wirken.
The ancient-looking furniture and heavy curtains made the room seem like a chamber in a castle.
| basic form | altertümlich |
|---|---|
| comparative | altertümlicher |
| superlative | am altertümlichsten |
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -e | -e | -e | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -e | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
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| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
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| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -e |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -e |
| dat. | -em | -er | -em | -en |
| gen. | -en | -er | -en | -er |
Add the ending to altertümlich.
When describing places and facilities, phrases such as „altertümliche Gassen“ (ancient-looking streets), „altertümliche Gebäude“ (old-fashioned buildings), and „altertümliche Möbel“ (antique-looking furniture) are typical. These collocations allow you to describe the distinctive impression of an environment.
Wir spazierten durch die altertümlichen Gassen der kleinen Stadt.
We strolled through the ancient-looking streets of the small town.
„Altertümliche Ausdrücke“ (archaic expressions) and „altertümliche Schreibweise“ (old-fashioned spelling) are also common collocations. In discussions of texts, you can use them to describe individual linguistic features, even when the text being discussed is new.
Die Autorin verwendet in ihrem neuen Roman bewusst altertümliche Ausdrücke.
The author deliberately uses archaic expressions in her new novel.
A typical pattern is „auf jemanden altertümlich wirken“ (to seem old-fashioned to someone). The person after „auf“ is in the accusative; the construction makes it clear that you are describing a personal impression.
Die dunkle Eingangshalle wirkte auf mich altertümlich.
The dark entrance hall seemed old-fashioned to me.
