Alb

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

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alp/

Etymology 1

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.

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)
Declension
Declension of Alb
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Alb die Alben
genitive eines des Albes,
Albs		 der Alben
dative einem dem Alb,
Albe1		 den Alben
accusative einen den Alb die Alben
1Now uncommon, see notes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alb f

  1. (dialectal) mountainous area, upland
    Schwäbische Alb ― Swabian Jura

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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