Alpdruck
German, noun/ˈalpˌdʁʊk/
Alpdruck is spelled A-L-P-D-R-U-C-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alpdruck is a German masculine noun meaning “nightmare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Alptraum mit Angstgefühl”.
What does Alpdruck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenightmare
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alptraum mit Angstgefühl
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 Alpdruck
- Alpdruckes genitive
- Alpdrucks genitive
- Alpdrücke plural
- Alpdrucke dative singular
- Alpdrücken dative definite plural
- Albdruck alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alpdruck?
- /ˈalpˌdʁʊk/
- [ˈalpˌdʁʊk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alpdruck in German?
Alpdruck appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).