Eichel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Eichel. === Proper noun === Eichel (plural Eichels) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Eichel is the 35294th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 638 individuals. Eichel is most common among White (94.51%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eichel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 516. === Anagrams === eliche, lichee == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German eichel, from Old High German eihhila, from Proto-West Germanic *aikilā. Equivalent to Eiche (“oak”) +‎ -el. The sense “glans penis” is a semantic loan from Latin glāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯çl̩/ === Noun === Eichel f (genitive Eichel, plural Eicheln) acorn (fruit of an oak tree) Holonym: Eiche Hypernym: Frucht acorns (a suit in German and Swiss playing cards) (anatomy) glans ellipsis of Peniseichel (“glans penis”) ellipsis of Klitoriseichel (“clitoral glans”) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Eichel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Eichel” in Duden online