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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German negelīn. By surface analysis, Nagel + li. Compare German Nägelein (archaic), German Nägelchen, German Nelke.
Pronunciation
Noun
Nägeli n (plural Nägeli)
- diminutive of Nagel
- carnation
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Gänds mer ä par vo dene Nägeli da, ja.- Give me a couple of these carnations here, okay.
- clove
Usage notes
According to Niklaus Bigler, former editor of Schweizerisches Idiotikon, most dialects distinguish between Näägeli (“clove, carnation”) and Negeli (“nail”, dim).[1]
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References
- ^ Bigler, Niklaus (2022 September 24) “Was ist ein Obergadeladenagel?”, in St. Galler Tagblatt (in Alemannic German): “Das Schweizerdeutsche hat unter Nagel noch ein Drittes, das Näägeli (Nelke; mittelhochdeutsch negelīn); in der Aussprache hat es sich in den meisten Dialekten längst vom Negeli (kleiner Nagel) distanziert.”
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