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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Altersgruppe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈaltɐsˌɡʁʊpə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Age group/ˈeɪdʒ ɡruːp/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Altersgruppe der Jugendlichen nutzt soziale Medien am häufigsten."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A set of individuals of roughly the same age within a demographic population.

    "The marketing campaign specifically targets the age group of 18 to 25."
  2. 2

    A category used in sports, education, or statistics to separate participants based on how old they are.

    "Children compete in sports events according to their specific age group."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'aedg' (age, lifetime) combined with Old Norse 'grúpr' (cluster, crowd). The compound concept emerged in modern demographic and sociological discourse during the 20th century to categorize populations by chronological brackets.

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