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Alm

Alpine pasture, high mountain meadow

noun alm Rare
Travel & Places Geography

Usage Note

Alm is the Austrian and Bavarian term for high-altitude summer pasture. Cattle and dairy cows are driven up to the Alm in summer (Almabtrieb at the end of the season is a festive tradition). Synonymous with Alpe in Switzerland.

Examples

"Im Sommer weideten die Kühe auf der sonnigen Alm."

Natural Translation

In summer the cows grazed on the sunny Alpine pasture.

Literal Translation

In-the summer grazed the cows on the sunny Alpine-pasture.

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