🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Aufruf

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈaʊ̯fʁuːf

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Appel/a.pɛl/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Lehrer machte einen Aufruf zur Mithilfe."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A call or request for someone to come or to be present.

    "The teacher made an appel for volunteers to help with the event."
  2. 2

    A legal term referring to a request for a higher court to review a decision.

    "The defendant filed an appel against the ruling of the lower court."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'appel' originates from the Old French 'apeler', which means 'to call'. It has roots in the Latin 'appellare', meaning 'to address, to call upon', reflecting a historical evolution from a general term for calling to more specific uses in legal and formal contexts.

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