German Conversation · Level 88
58 words
German word
elfjährig
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈɛlfˌjɛːʁɪç/
Meaning
- adjectiveeleven-year-old
Example
Der elfjährige Junge spielt Fußball.
The eleven-year-old boy plays soccer.
More examples
Die elfjährige Tochter hilft gern beim Kochen.
The eleven-year-old daughter enjoys helping with cooking.
Core concept
A child at the point where the age counter reads eleven.
Common phrases
die elfjährige Tochter
the eleven-year-old daughter
ein elfjähriges Mädchen
an eleven-year-old girl
Similar words
alt: Expressing a person's age in years.
minderjährig: Not legally old enough to be an adult.
volljährig: Legally recognized as an adult.
Definition in German
Dient zur Altersangabe und drückt aus, dass jemand im Alter von elf Jahren ist.
Word origin
German formed elfjährig by joining the numeral elf with the age-forming adjective element -jährig, which comes from Jahr and -ig.
Usage tips
- For ordinary conversational age statements, German usually uses ist elf Jahre alt, while elfjährig is especially common before nouns and in formal descriptions.
Opposites
- volljährigof legal ageadjective
Related words
- Elfjährigereleven-year-oldnoun