Alpdruck
German
Alternative forms
- Albdruck (recommended by the Duden, but less common)
Etymology
Alp + Druck, because nightmares were formerly thought to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalpˌdʁʊk/
Audio (file) - Homophone: Albdruck
Noun
Alpdruck m (strong, genitive Alpdruckes or Alpdrucks, plural Alpdrücke)
- nightmare
- Synonyms: Albtraum, Alpdrücken
- 1911, Lily Braun, chapter 4, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Socialist], Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:
- Ich lächelte, von einem Alpdruck befreit; so viele Worte um solch eine Kleinigkeit!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Alpdruck [masculine, strong]
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