Achsel
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German ahsala, ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Old Norse ǫxl (“shoulder”) and ǫxull (“axle”) (whence Danish aksel, Icelandic öxl), English axle. Also cognate with Latin āxilla (“shoulder joint”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Achsel f (genitive Achsel, plural Achseln, diminutive Ächselchen n or Achselchen n)
- armpit, axilla (cavity under the shoulder)
- Er rasiert sich die Achseln.
- He shaves his armpits.
- Er hat Haarstoppeln in den Achseln.
- He has stubbles of hair in his armpits.
- shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)
- Er zuckte mit den Achseln.
- He shrugged his shoulders.
- Er hat Haarstoppeln unter den Achseln.
- He has stubbles of hair under his arms.
Usage notes
[edit]- The diminutive forms are both very rare and hardly attestable.
- The normal term for “shoulder” is Schulter. The word Achsel is overall less common in this sense; it usually specifies the outer parts of the shoulders, i.e. what is around the shoulder joint.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Achsel [feminine]
Synonyms
[edit]- (armpit): Achselhöhle (more formal)
- (shoulder): Schulter, Schultergelenk
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Achsel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Achsel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Achsel” in Duden online
Achsel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Achsel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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