Meaning of oudste | Babel Free

Definitions

superlative predicative, attributive, and independent singular form of oud (“old”)

attributive, form-of, independent, predicative, singular, superlative

Examples

“Later, toe plase onderverdeel is, het die een broer, gewoonlik die oudste, die plaas verdeel en die ander een kon dan kies watter deel hy wou hê.”

Later, when farms were subdivided, one brother, usually the eldest, divided the farm and the other could then choose which part he wanted.

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