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Alb
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ALB Alb Alb. alb alb.
English
Etymology
en de Alb.
Proper noun
en tributary river/High Rhine in state/Baden-Württemberg c/Germany.
See also
en Alb Sunday
Further reading
Alb (High Rhine)
German
Pronunciation
de /alp/
de De-Alb.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Alp
Etymology 1
de albi :inh gmh:alb<ety:inh<goh:alp<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*albi>>>>
From de gmh alb, gmh alp, from de goh alp, from de gmw-pro *albi, from de gem-pro *albiz, ultimately from de ine-pro *albʰós. de Elf, borrowed from English language English later.
Noun
m,s:es,en
de elf de Germanic _ mythology elf, especially an evil one
de Elf Elb Elbe
Declension
m,s:es,en
Noun
m,s:es,e
de sleep-creature de Germanic _ folklore creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps
de nightmare nightmare formerly believed to be caused by such a creature
de anxiety de figurative higher register mental oppression, anxiety
Usage notes
1996
2006 1
Declension
m,s:es,e
Alternative forms
de Alp
Derived terms
de Albdruck
de Alberich
de Albtraum
Etymology 2
de upland
de gsw Alp, from de gmh albe, from de goh alba.
Noun
f
de upland de regional mountainous area, upland
de Alp
de Alm
de Schwäbische Alb Swabian Jura
Proper noun
f
de tributary river/Rhine in c/Germany Alb.
References
Thyen, Olaf (and Michael Clark, Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, Bradbury Sykes The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German Oxford University Press 1999 71 http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=NTPKLFGB2FkC&pg=PA71 0198602480 Alb2 .. (veralt.: Kobold) goblin believed to give sleeping people nightmares..
Thode, Ernest German-English Genealogical Dictionary Genealogical Publishing Com 1992 9 http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=q0TJqK5G_ZIC&pg=PA9 0806313420 Alb - mountain; hill; ridge; escarpment; upland area..
Betterridge, Harold T. Cassell's German-English English-German Dictionary Macmillan 1978 9 0-02-522930-3 1Alb 1. elf, .. 2. nighmare. 2Alb (dial.) alp(s)..
Further reading
Alb_Gebirge Alb (Gebirge)
Alb_Last_Bedrueckung_Wesen Alb (Last, Bedrückung, Wesen)
Alb_Naturgeist Alb (Naturgeist)
Alb (Hochrhein) de
Romanian
Etymology
From ro alb.
Proper noun
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