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Achsel.

armpit, axilla (cavity under the shoulder)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaksəl/

  1. armpit, axilla (cavity under the shoulder)

    feminine
    Er rasiert sich die Achseln.
    Er hat Haarstoppeln in den Achseln.

  2. shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)

    feminine
    Er zuckte mit den Achseln.
    Er hat Haarstoppeln unter den Achseln.
Where this word comes from

From Old High German ahsala, ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Old Norse ǫxl (“shoulder”) and ǫxull (“axle”) (whence Danish aksel, Icelandic öxl), English axle. Also cognate with Latin āxilla (“shoulder joint”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”).

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