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altmodisch

· adjective

old-fashioned

Clothes, furniture, ideas or jokes that belong to another time: „Das ist doch total altmodisch!“

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Komparativ
altmodischer
Superlativ
am altmodischsten

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altmodisch
old-fashioned

Die Reime von Hans waren so altmodisch wie seine Schreibmaschine.

Hans's rhymes were as old-fashioned as his typewriter.

Word family

altmodischdie Modefashionmodischfashionable

Similar & opposite

≈ Synonyms
veraltetunmodernaus der Mode
↔ Opposites
modernzeitgemäß

Real examples

  • Die Reime von Hans waren so altmodisch wie seine Schreibmaschine.Hans's rhymes were as old-fashioned as his typewriter.
  • Er trägt einen altmodischen Hut, aber er steht ihm gut.He wears an old-fashioned hat, but it suits him.

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