Apfel
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Appel (colloquial; northern and central Germany)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *apluz (compare Dutch appel, West Frisian apel, English apple), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Apfel m (strong, genitive Apfels, plural Äpfel, diminutive Äpfelchen n or Äpfelein n or Äpflein n)
- apple (fruit)
- apple tree
- (poetic, euphemistic, plural only) breasts
- (rare) Abbreviation of Pferdeapfel (“road apple”).
Declension[edit]
Declension of Apfel [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- Äpfel und Birnen
- Apfelbaum
- Apfelessig
- Apfelgarten
- apfelgrün
- Apfelkuchen
- Apfelmark
- Apfelmus
- Apfelplantage
- Apfelsaft
- Apfelschale
- Apfelscheibe
- Apfelschiffchen
- Apfelschorle
- Apfelstückchen
- Apfeltorte
- Apfelwein
- Apfelwiese
- der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm
- ein Apfel und ein Ei
- Erdapfel
- Gallapfel
- in den sauren Apfel beißen
- Pferdeapfel
- Reichsapfel
- Zankapfel
Further reading[edit]
- “Apfel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Apfel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Apfel” in Duden online
- Apfel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Apfel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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