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Alpe

Alpine pasture (Swiss/South Tyrolean form)

noun AL-pe Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

Alp

Usage Note

Alpe is the Alemannic (Swiss, Allgäu, South Tyrolean) variant of Alm, a high mountain summer pasture; plural Alpen. From its Alemannic plural comes the proper noun die Alpen (the Alps). Mostly regional.

Examples

"Im Sommer treibt der Bauer das Vieh auf die Alpe."

Natural Translation

In summer the farmer drives the cattle up to the Alpine pasture.

Literal Translation

In summer drives the farmer the cattle onto the Alpine-pasture.

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