apfel

See also: Apfel and Äpfel

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈap͡fəl/

    Noun

    apfel m (plural epfel)

    1. apple
      Minnet einer niht, man giht daʒ er niht epfel eʒʒen müge.
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    Declension

    Declension of apfel (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër apfel die epfel, epfele
    genitive eines dës apfels, apfeles dër epfel, epfele
    dative eime dëm apfel, apfele dën epfeln, epfelen
    accusative einen dën apfel die epfel, epfele
    • apfelboum

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Öpfel, Apfel
      Alsatian: Àpfel, Epfel
      Italian Walser: effél, epfel, epfil, öpfil
      Swabian: Ebfl
    • Bavarian: Åpfe
      Cimbrian: oupfal, öpfel, öpfl
      Mòcheno: epfl
      Udinese: eipfele, epfl
    • Central Franconian: Appel
    • East Central German:
      Upper Saxon German: Abbel, Appel
      Vilamovian: epuł
    • German: Apfel
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Hessian: Àbbel, Ebbel, Abbel
      Pennsylvania German: Abbel, Appel
    • Yiddish: עפּל (epl)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “apfel”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "apfel" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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