Abbreviation = abkürzung in DE, and I have looked at this site but could not find an equivalent to Jahre alt / years old.
Would anyone know if putting down J.a as an abbreviation for Jahre alt would be appropriate ?
Thanks in advance.
In English, we can abbreviate " year old " to y.o. and I do it in my Excel spreadsheets. I am about to finalise an Excel spreadsheet to my firm's management in DE this time and would like to abbreviate Jahre alt if possible and appropriate.
Would it not work if you just used the word "Alter"? Not an Abkürzung, but certainly shorter.
I am trying to label some columns eg 5-8 yo, 17-19 yo and if I went with Alter, would eg 5-8 Alter be appropriate ??
Not really, no. You would use "5-8 Jahre" or "5-8 J.". For lists/colums, you wouldn't normally use "Jahre alt" - you'd use that in a full sentence only.
If you wanted to use Alter, you'd have to say "Alter: 5-8" or "Alter: 5-8 Jahre" (or "... J.").
Or... you can use "Alter" just for the title of the column:
Alter:
1-4 J.
5-8 J.
etc.
Hope that was understandable
I concur with Elle - in a chart header, the abbreviation "x-x J." is correct. "Jahre alt" would normally only be used in a sentence.