Apfel

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) apple (fruit)
2. (masculine,strong) apple tree
3. (euphemistic,masculine,plural,plural-only,poetic,strong) breasts
4. (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine,rare,strong) Abbreviation of Pferdeapfel (“road apple”).

Concepts

apple

apple tree

apples

Apple

malus pumila

crab apples

apple-tree

common apple

domestic apple

domestic apple tree

edible apple

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈapfəl/

Etymology

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.