Masculine
Augapfel
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) eyeball
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) apple of someone's eye
Concepts
apple of one’s eye
apple of someone’s eye
special program
apple of somebody’s eye
eye ball
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaʊ̯kˌʔapfl̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German ougapfel, from Old High German ougapful, augaphul, from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to Auge (“eye”) + Apfel (“apple”). Cognate with Old English ēagæppel (“apple of the eye; pupil”).
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