Alp

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See also: alp, ALP, and Ālp

German

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Noun

Alp m (strong, genitive Alps or Alpes, plural Alpe)

  1. Alternative form of Alb (“creature that sits on one's chest at night, or a nightmare supposedly caused by such a creature”)
    • 1852, Karl Marx, Der achtzehnte Brumaire des Louis Bonaparte [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon], section 115:
      Die Tradition aller toten Geschlechter lastet wie ein Alp auf dem Gehirne der Lebenden.
      The traditions of every dead generation weigh like a nightmare upon the brains of the living.

Declension

Declension of Alp
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Alp die Alpe
genitive eines des Alps, Alpes der Alpe
dative einem dem Alp, Alpe1 den Alpen
accusative einen den Alp die Alpe

1Now rare, see notes.

Irish

Proper noun

Alp

  1. genitive plural of Alpa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Alp nAlp hAlp not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Turkish

Etymology 1

From alp (“brave, hero”).

Proper noun

Alp

  1. a male given name from Proto-Turkic

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلپ (Alp), from French Alpes.

Proper noun

Alp

  1. the Alps
    Synonym: Alpler
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