Alb

See also: alb, ALB, alb., and Alb.

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German alb, alp, from Old High German alp, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. See also Elf, borrowed from English later.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalp/

Noun

Alb m (genitive Albs or Albes or Alben, plural Alben)

  1. elf, especially an evil one
    Synonyms: Elf, Elb, Elbe
  2. nightmare or physical ailment (formerly believed to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept)
  3. (dialectal) mountainous area, upland
    Schwäbische Alb ― Swabian Jura

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References

  • Thyen, Olaf (and Michael Clark, Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, Bradbury Sykes (1999) The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN: “Alb2 .. (veralt.: Kobold) goblin believed to give sleeping people nightmares..”
  • Thode, Ernest (1992) German-English Genealogical Dictionary‎, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN: “Alb - mountain; hill; ridge; escarpment; upland area..”
  • Betterridge, Harold T. (1978) Cassell's German-English English-German Dictionary, Macmillan, →ISBN: “1Alb 1. elf, .. 2. nighmare. 2Alb (dial.) alp(s)..”
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