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    Didn’t know I’d be thinking about a “palate suppository” when I woke up today, but here it is.

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      The word Zäpfchen itself is the diminutive of Zapfen, a stud, peg or pin. E.g. the fruits of needle trees are also called Zapfen, Tannen-, Fichten- or Kiefernzapfen. So Gaumenzäpfchen is a small stud dangling down from the palate.

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        This makes way more sense! (and also makes it obvious I currently do not speak German 😅)