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Adamsapfel
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Adamsäpfel
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈaːdamsˌʔap͡fl̩/
de De-Adamsapfel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,^
Adam's apple
de Der Tod in Venedig Thomas Mann 1912 9 2025 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
m,,^
Further reading
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