Appel

Appel

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Appel is the 4,473^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7,938 individuals. Appel is most common among White (93.74%) individuals.

• Apple, apple, pepla

From Middle High German apfel, compare German Apfel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapəl/

Appel m (plural Äppel, diminutive Äppelche)

1. (most dialects) apple

• Hunsrik: Eppel
• Luxembourgish: Apel

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: Ap‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɑpəl
• Homophone: appel

Appel n

1. A hamlet in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• Abbel

From Middle High German apfel.

Appel

1. (Upper Saxon) apple

Borrowed from German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Apfel (compare Middle Low German appel). Adopted from there into colloquial standard German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapl̩/

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Appel m (strong, genitive Appels, plural Äppel)

1. (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Apfel (“apple”)

   Ich hab den ganzen Tag noch nix gegessen außer 'n Appel heut morgen.

   I haven't eaten anything the whole day except an apple this morning.

• 'n Appel und 'n Ei
• veräppeln

From Middle Low German appel, from Old Saxon appel. More at apple.

Appel m (plural Äppel or Appels)

1. apple (fruit)

• Appelkoken
• 'n Appel un 'n Ei

• → German: Appel (colloquial, regional)

Appel m (plural Öppel or Äppel, diminutive Öppelke or Äppelke)

1. Eupen spelling of Ape̩l

Appel m (plural Äppel, diminutive Äppelke)

1. German-based spelling spelling of Ape̩l

From Rhine Franconian, from Middle High German apfel. Compare German Apfel, Dutch appel, English apple.

Appel m (plural Eppel)

1. apple

• Apel

From Old Frisian appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu. Cognates include West Frisian apel and German Apfel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapəl/
• Hyphenation: Ap‧pel
• Rhymes: -apəl

Appel m (plural Appele)

1. apple

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Appel”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN