App
See also: app, APP, and app.
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German App.
Proper noun
App (plural Apps)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, App is the 35345th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. App is most common among White (92.94%) individuals.
Noun
App pl (plural only)
- Abbreviation of appeals.
Noun
App (plural Apps)
- (nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “App”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47.
Anagrams
- PAP, PPA, pap
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English app.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛp/
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- Rhymes: -ɛp
Noun
App f (genitive App, plural Apps)
- (Internet, mobile) app
- Synonym: Applikation f
Usage notes
- Some reference works list alternative grammatical gender forms (das App n, der App m); in practice the word is treated almost exclusively as feminine, most likely because Applikation is also feminine.
Declension
Declension of App [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | App | die | Apps |
| genitive | einer | der | App | der | Apps |
| dative | einer | der | App | den | Apps |
| accusative | eine | die | App | die | Apps |
Derived terms
- Appentwickler m
- Appentwicklung f
Related terms
- Appentwicklerin f (App + Entwicklerin or rather Appentwickler + -in)
Further reading
- “App” in Duden online
- “App” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “App”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–