Right, so presumably “Ålder” means “age”. In German, we have basically the same word, “Alter”, but we also use it as an exclamation, kind of like “Dude!”.
Now, if you want to exclaim “Alter!” with more disbelief, you say it with a long A and a D in place of the T, which one might write as “Alder”.
And for even more disbelief + almost anger, you can pronounce the “A” very strongly and kind of slur the rest of the word, which one might write as “Alla”.
So, this reads to me like someone exclaiming their growing disbelief. 🙃
(All of this is very informal. These are not official rules you’d find in a dictionary, but younger generations would probably interpret it as I described.)
Also, bonus fun fact: “Alter!” as an exclamation probably comes from “Alter Schwede!”, which means “Old Swede!”.
According to Wikipedia, after the Thirty Years’ War, a German duke hired experienced Swedish soldiers to train new soldiers. And because they were experienced, they were also generally old. I have no idea, though, why that stuck around as an exclamation. 😅
How come? How is it funny in german?
Right, so presumably “Ålder” means “age”. In German, we have basically the same word, “Alter”, but we also use it as an exclamation, kind of like “Dude!”.
Now, if you want to exclaim “Alter!” with more disbelief, you say it with a long A and a D in place of the T, which one might write as “Alder”.
And for even more disbelief + almost anger, you can pronounce the “A” very strongly and kind of slur the rest of the word, which one might write as “Alla”.
So, this reads to me like someone exclaiming their growing disbelief. 🙃
(All of this is very informal. These are not official rules you’d find in a dictionary, but younger generations would probably interpret it as I described.)
Also, bonus fun fact: “Alter!” as an exclamation probably comes from “Alter Schwede!”, which means “Old Swede!”.
According to Wikipedia, after the Thirty Years’ War, a German duke hired experienced Swedish soldiers to train new soldiers. And because they were experienced, they were also generally old. I have no idea, though, why that stuck around as an exclamation. 😅
full circle: the screenshot is in swedish