Apfel
German, noun
Apfel is spelled A-P-F-E-L (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apfel is a German masculine noun meaning “apple (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Äpfel is a different word: “nominative plural of Apfel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “rundliche Frucht des Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse”.
What does Apfel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapple (fruit)
- 2
masculineapple tree
- 3
masculinebreasts
- 4
masculinerareabbreviation of Pferdeapfel (“road apple”)
noun
- 1
masculinenominative plural of Apfel
- 2
masculinegenitive plural of Apfel
- 3
masculineaccusative plural of Apfel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rundliche Frucht des Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse 2. Apfelbaum 3. die weiblichen Brüste 4. Pferdeapfel
noun: 1. Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Apfel 2. Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Apfel 3. Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Apfel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Apfel
- Apfels genitive
- Äpfel plural
- Äpfelchen diminutive neuter
- Äpfelein diminutive neuter
- Äpflein diminutive neuter
- Apferl diminutive neuter
- Äpfeln dative definite plural
- Appel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Apfel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Apfel in German?
Apfel appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).