Zankapfel
German, noun
Zankapfel is spelled Z-A-N-K-A-P-F-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zankapfel is a German masculine noun meaning “bone of contention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Zankäpfel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zankapfel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstand, um den gestritten wird”.
What does Zankapfel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebone of contention
- 2
masculineapple of discord
noun
- 1
neuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zankapfel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegenstand, um den gestritten wird
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 Zankapfel
- Zankapfels genitive
- Zankäpfel plural
- Zankäpfeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Zankapfel in German?
Zankapfel appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).