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Alp

See also: alp, ALP, and Ālp

German

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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Proper noun

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Alp

  1. genitive plural of Alpa

Mutation

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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

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Etymology 1

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From alp (“brave, hero”).

Proper noun

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Alp

  1. a male given name from Proto-Turkic

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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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Alp

  1. the Alps
    Synonym: Alpler
Derived terms
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