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German
- Albdruck (recommended by the Duden, but less common)
Etymology
Alp + Druck, because nightmares were formerly thought to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept.
Pronunciation
Noun
Alpdruck m (strong, genitive Alpdruckes or Alpdrucks, plural Alpdrücke)
- nightmare
- Synonyms: Albtraum, Alpdrücken
1911, Lily Braun, chapter 4, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist], Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:Ich lächelte, von einem Alpdruck befreit; so viele Worte um solch eine Kleinigkeit!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Alpdruck” in Duden online
- “Alpdruck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache