Eichel

Borrowed from German Eichel.

Eichel (plural Eichels)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eichel is the 35294^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 638 individuals. Eichel is most common among White (94.51%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eichel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 516.

• eliche, lichee

From Middle High German eichel, from Old High German eihhila. Equivalent to Eiche (“oak”) +‎ -el. The sense “glans penis” is a semantic loan from Latin glāns.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯çl̩/

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Eichel f (genitive Eichel, plural Eicheln)

1. acorn (fruit of an oak tree)

   Holonym: Eiche

   Hypernym: Frucht

2. acorns (a suit in German and Swiss playing cards)
3. (anatomy) glans
   1. ellipsis of Peniseichel (“glans penis”)
   2. ellipsis of Klitoriseichel (“clitoral glans”)

• “Eichel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eichel” in Duden online