Alp

See also: alp, ALP, and Ālp

German

Pronunciation

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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 [masculine, strong]

	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

• Alper
• Alparslan
• Alperen
• Alptekin

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Alp

1. the Alps

   Synonym: Alpler

Derived terms

• Alp Dağları
• Alp disiplini (“Alpine skiing”)