apful

Old High German

Alternative forms

• aphul, apfol, afful, *appul — central (as plural form appele, etc.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Compare Old Frisian appel, Old English æppel, Gothic *𐌰𐍀𐌻𐍃 (*apls).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.p͡ful/

Noun

apful m

1. apple

Declension

Declension of apful (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	apful	apfuli
accusative	apful	apfuli
genitive	apfules	apfulo
dative	apfule	apfulim, apfulen
instrumental	apfulu	—

Derived terms

• affaltar
• apfultrank

 

Descendants

• Middle High German: apfel, epfel, öpfel, appel
  • 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
    • Hunsrik: Eppel
    • Luxembourgish: Apel
  • 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

• "apful" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)