Lecture of German

[Komuro]

>> In a letter to Max Born, Einstein wrote:
>> "Der Alte nicht würfelt."
>>
>> In English, "He [God] does not throw dice."
>>
>> Does "der Alte" mean God in German?
>>
>> According to the dictionary, Alte means old.
>
>I'm not an expert in German, but I'll try here. The word "alte" is an adjecti
ve 
>meaning old. According to Wikipedia, "der Alte" usually translates as "the ol
d 
>man"; however, when taken in context, Einstein was probably referring to some
 
>kind of supreme being, i.e. God. Note that Einstein himself has been referred
 to 
>as "der Alte".
>
>Larry


Thanks for explanation.