Alp
German, noun/alp/
Alp is spelled A-L-P (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alp is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Alb (“creature that sits on one's chest at night, or a nightmare supposedly caused by such a creature”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gespenstisches Wesen, das Menschen besonders in der Nacht plagt”.
What does Alp mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of Alb (“creature that sits on one's chest at night, or a nightmare supposedly caused by such a creature”)
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandfemininealternative form of Alb (“upland”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gespenstisches Wesen, das Menschen besonders in der Nacht plagt
noun: 1. Bergweide in den Alpen oder anderen Hochgebirgen; auch der zugehörige Betrieb
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 Alp
- Alps genitive
- Alpes genitive
- Alpe plural
- Alpen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alp?
- /alp/
- [alp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alp
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alp in German?
Alp appears 1.4 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).