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"form": "Alben",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Alb",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Albe",
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}
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},
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}
],
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"args": {
"1": "m,s:es,e"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"de:Folklore"
],
"glosses": [
"creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps"
],
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"folklore",
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],
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"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"sit",
"sit"
],
[
"chest",
"chest"
],
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
]
],
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],
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"Germanic",
"masculine",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"folklore",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"nightmare (formerly believed to be caused by such a creature)"
],
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[
"nightmare",
"nightmare"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German higher register terms"
],
"glosses": [
"mental oppression, anxiety"
],
"links": [
[
"mental",
"mental"
],
[
"oppression",
"oppression"
],
[
"anxiety",
"anxiety"
]
],
"qualifier": "higher register",
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"(figurative, higher register) mental oppression, anxiety"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/alp/"
}
],
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{
"word": "Alp"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"English language"
],
"word": "Alb"
}
{
"categories": [
"German 1-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German feminine nouns",
"German lemmas",
"German nouns",
"German terms borrowed from Alemannic German",
"German terms derived from Alemannic German",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gsw",
"3": "Alp",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Alemannic German Alp",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gsw",
"3": "Alp"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Alemannic German Alp",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "albe"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German albe",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "alba"
},
"expansion": "Old High German alba",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Alemannic German Alp, from Middle High German albe, from Old High German alba.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Alb",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Alben",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "Alb f (genitive Alb, plural Alben)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples",
"Regional German"
],
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{
"text": "Schwäbische Alb ― Swabian Jura",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mountainous area, upland"
],
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[
"regional",
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],
[
"upland",
"upland"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional) mountainous area, upland"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"regional"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/alp/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Alp"
}
],
"word": "Alb"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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