Alpen

See also: alpen

English

Proper noun

Alpen

1. (UK) A brand of muesli

Anagrams

• 'plane, Nepal, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, penal, plane, plena

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch alpen; see German Alpen below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Al‧pen

Proper noun

Alpen pl

1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Derived terms

• alpenheggenmus
• alpenhoorn
• alpenweide

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Alpe
• → Indonesian: Alpen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German alben, from Old High German alpen, from the root of Alb (“mountainous area”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalpən/, [ˈʔalpm̩]

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Proper noun

die Alpen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Declension

Declension of Alpen [pl-only]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Alpen
genitive	der	Alpen
dative	den	Alpen
accusative	die	Alpen

Meronyms

• Alpenhauptkamm
• Westalpen
  • Voralpen
• Ostalpen
  • Kalkalpen

Related terms

• Alpenglühen, Alpenveilchen
• Alpenverein, Alpenvorland

Proper noun

Alpen n (proper noun, genitive Alpens or (optionally with an article) Alpen)

1. A municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Declension

Declension of Alpen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Alpen
genitive	des	Alpens, Alpen1
dative	dem	Alpen
accusative	das	Alpen

¹Optionally with an article.