Adamsapfel

See also: Adamsäpfel

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdamsˌʔap͡fl̩/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Adamsapfel m (strong, genitive Adamsapfels, plural Adamsäpfel)

1. Adam's apple
   • 1912, Thomas Mann, Der Tod in Venedig, published 2025, page 9:

     Erhobenen Hauptes, so daß an seinem hager dem losen Sporthemd entwachsenden Halse der Adamsapfel stark und nackt hervortrat, blickte er mit farblosen, rotbewimperten Augen, zwischen denen, sonderbar genug zu seiner kurz aufgeworfenen Nase passend, zwei senkrechte, energische Furchen standen, scharf spähend ins Weite.

     His head held so high that his Adam's apple emerged forcefully and nakedly from his neck that gauntly grew from out his exercise-shirt, he regarded the distance in a sharp and scouting manner with those colourless eyes crowned with red lashes, who — themselves strange enough to fit with his short up-turned nose – had between them two vertical, energeticly placed furrows.

Declension

Declension of Adamsapfel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Adamsapfel	die	Adamsäpfel
genitive	eines	des	Adamsapfels	der	Adamsäpfel
dative	einem	dem	Adamsapfel	den	Adamsäpfeln
accusative	einen	den	Adamsapfel	die	Adamsäpfel

Further reading

• “Adamsapfel” in Duden online
• “Adamsapfel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)