Sentence examples of "elder" in English
You seem to have mistaken me for my elder brother.
Du scheinst mich mit meinem älteren Bruder verwechselt zu haben.
John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.
Johns Mutter sieht so jung aus, dass sie fälschlicherweise oft für seine ältere Schwester gehalten wird.
His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.
Seine ältere Schwester ist älter als mein ältester Bruder.
An old man entered the old church with his elder son, his younger daughter and her little baby.
Ein alter Mann betrat die alte Kirche mit seinem älteren Sohn, seiner jüngeren Tochter und deren kleinem Säugling.
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