Achsel

Etymology
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. Also cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) armpit, axilla cavity under the shoulder
 * 2) shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)
 * 1) shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)
 * 1) shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)

Usage notes

 * The diminutive forms are both very rare and hardly attestable.
 * The normal term for “shoulder” is . The word Achsel is overall less common in this sense; it usually specifies the outer parts of the shoulders, i.e. what is around the shoulder joint.