Albtraum
German, noun/ˈalptʁaʊ̯m/
Albtraum is spelled A-L-B-T-R-A-U-M (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albtraum is a German masculine noun meaning “nightmare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehmer Traum”.
What does Albtraum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenightmare
Er leidet an schweren Albträumen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unangenehmer Traum 2. sehr unangenehmes Erlebnis
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Albtraum
- Albtraumes genitive
- Albtraums genitive
- Albträume plural
- Albtraume dative singular
- Albträumen dative definite plural
- Alptraum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Albtraum?
- /ˈalptʁaʊ̯m/
- [ˈalpˌtʁaʊ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Albtraum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Albtraum in German?
Albtraum appears 4.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).