Appel

Meaning

a hamlet in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands

Concepts

Appel

Apple

🍎

Translations

تفاح

🍎

Poma

Appel

Kulturapfel

Μήλο

Pomme

Malus domestica

Sêv

Malum

Poma

Maçã

Manzana

Elma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑ.pəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch: *apa

In summary

First attested as appele in 1146. Etymology unknown. Usually interpreted as a compound of appel (“apple”) and lo (“light forest on sandy soil, pool”). An alternative interpretation reads the first component as Old Dutch *apa (“river, current”).