Masculine

Augapfel

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) eyeball
  2. (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

Translations

βολβός του ματιού

göz yuvan

globe de l’oeil

göz küresi

نن العين

nina dels ulls

Frequency

24k
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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