"Albtraum" meaning in German

See Albtraum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈalptʁaʊ̯m/ Audio: De-Alptraum.ogg
Etymology: Alb + Traum, because nightmares in some forms of German folklore are thought to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Alb|Traum}} Alb + Traum Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Albtraum m (strong, genitive Albtraumes or Albtraums, plural Albträume) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Albtraumes [genitive], Albtraums [genitive], Albträume [plural], strong [table-tags], Albtraum [nominative, singular], Albträume [definite, nominative, plural], Albtraumes [genitive, singular], Albtraums [genitive, singular], Albträume [definite, genitive, plural], Albtraum [dative, singular], Albtraume [dative, singular], Albträumen [dative, definite, plural], Albtraum [accusative, singular], Albträume [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. nightmare Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Alpdruck, Alpdrücken, Alptraum (english: sole standard spelling until 1996; now less common)
    Sense id: en-Albtraum-de-noun-bfpe2Zdh Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Albtraum meaning in German (2.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Alb",
        "3": "Traum"
      },
      "expansion": "Alb + Traum",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alb + Traum, because nightmares in some forms of German folklore are thought to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Albtraumes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraums",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraumes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträumen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Albtraum m (strong, genitive Albtraumes or Albtraums, plural Albträume)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He suffers from severe nightmares.",
          "text": "Er leidet an schweren Albträumen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nightmare"
      ],
      "id": "en-Albtraum-de-noun-bfpe2Zdh",
      "links": [
        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Alpdruck"
        },
        {
          "word": "Alpdrücken"
        },
        {
          "english": "sole standard spelling until 1996; now less common",
          "word": "Alptraum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalptʁaʊ̯m/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Alptraum.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/De-Alptraum.ogg/De-Alptraum.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/De-Alptraum.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Albtraum"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Alb",
        "3": "Traum"
      },
      "expansion": "Alb + Traum",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alb + Traum, because nightmares in some forms of German folklore are thought to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Albtraumes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraums",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraumes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträumen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albtraum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albträume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Albtraum m (strong, genitive Albtraumes or Albtraums, plural Albträume)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German 2-syllable words",
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He suffers from severe nightmares.",
          "text": "Er leidet an schweren Albträumen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nightmare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nightmare",
          "nightmare"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Alpdruck"
        },
        {
          "word": "Alpdrücken"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalptʁaʊ̯m/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Alptraum.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/De-Alptraum.ogg/De-Alptraum.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/De-Alptraum.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "sole standard spelling until 1996; now less common",
      "word": "Alptraum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Albtraum"
}

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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.