Word.ws English Dictionary

Arlberg Pass

UK/ˈɑːlbɜːɡ ˈpɑːs/US/ˈɑɹlbɝɡ ˈpæs/

Arlberg Pass proper noun: a mountain pass in Vorarlberg and Tyrol, Austria crossing the Arlberg massif, connecting the state of Vorarlberg and the Klostertal in the west with the state of Tyrol and the Stanzer Tal in the east; it was traditionally used as a mule track for salt trading before being paved and receiving motorized traffic; the traffic brought by the rise of tourism in the region eventually became too heavy for the pass to bear, so the Arlberg Road Tunnel was built to bypass the massif.

Proper noun

Arlberg Pass

  1. A mountain pass in Vorarlberg and Tyrol, Austria crossing the Arlberg massif, connecting the state of Vorarlberg and the Klostertal in the west with the state of Tyrol and the Stanzer Tal in the east; it was traditionally used as a mule track for salt trading before being paved and receiving motorized traffic; the traffic brought by the rise of tourism in the region eventually became too heavy for the pass to bear, so the Arlberg Road Tunnel was built to bypass the massif.

Origin of Arlberg Pass

Borrowed from German Arlbergpass.

Questions about Arlberg Pass

What does Arlberg Pass mean?
Arlberg Pass means a mountain pass in Vorarlberg and Tyrol, Austria crossing the Arlberg massif, connecting the state of Vorarlberg and the Klostertal in the west with the state of Tyrol and the Stanzer Tal in the east; it was traditionally used as a mule track for salt trading before being paved and receiving motorized traffic; the traffic brought by the rise of tourism in the region eventually became too heavy for the pass to bear, so the Arlberg Road Tunnel was built to bypass the massif.
What part of speech is Arlberg Pass?
Arlberg Pass is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Arlberg Pass?
Arlberg Pass is pronounced /ˈɑɹlbɝɡ ˈpæs/ (US).

Words near Arlberg Pass in the dictionary

  1. Arla
  2. Arlanda
  3. Arlando
  4. Arlaud
  5. Arlberg
  6. Arlberg Pass
  7. Arlberg technique
  8. ARLD
  9. Arlecdon
  10. Arlecdon and Frizington
  11. Arledge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Arlberg Pass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Arlberg Pass.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arlberg_pass. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.