"Alpen" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʔalpən/, [ˈʔalpm̩] Audio: De-Alpen.ogg Forms: die Alpen [canonical, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alpen [definite, nominative, plural], Alpen [definite, genitive, plural], Alpen [dative, definite, plural], Alpen [accusative, definite, plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German alben, from Old High German alpen, from the root of Alb (“mountainous area”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|alben}} Middle High German alben, {{inh|de|goh|alpen}} Old High German alpen, {{m|de|Alb#Etymology 2|Alb|t=mountainous area}} Alb (“mountainous area”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|p.article}} die Alpen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|p.article}}
  1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) Tags: definite, plural, plural-only, proper-noun, usually Categories (place): Mountains, Europe Derived forms: Alpenveilchen, Alpenverein
    Sense id: en-Alpen-de-name-sQVqh5iO Disambiguation of Europe: 72 28 Categories (other): German pluralia tantum Disambiguation of German pluralia tantum: 45 55

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʔalpən/, [ˈʔalpm̩] Audio: De-Alpen.ogg Forms: Alpens [genitive], Alpen [genitive, with-article], neuter [table-tags], Alpen [definite, nominative, singular], Alpens [definite, genitive, singular], Alpen [definite, genitive, singular], Alpen [dative, definite, singular], Alpen [accusative, definite, singular]
Etymology: From Middle High German alben, from Old High German alpen, from the root of Alb (“mountainous area”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|alben}} Middle High German alben, {{inh|de|goh|alpen}} Old High German alpen, {{m|de|Alb#Etymology 2|Alb|t=mountainous area}} Alb (“mountainous area”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Alpen n (proper noun, genitive Alpens or (optionally with an article) Alpen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|toponym}}
  1. A municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Municipalities of Germany, Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia
    Sense id: en-Alpen-de-name-xH~yYinc Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German links with manual fragments, German links with redundant alt parameters, German pluralia tantum Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of German links with manual fragments: 33 67 Disambiguation of German links with redundant alt parameters: 33 67 Disambiguation of German pluralia tantum: 45 55

Download JSON data for Alpen meaning in German (6.1kB)

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