nagel

From Middle Dutch nāgel, from Old Dutch *nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.ɣəl/

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• Hyphenation: na‧gel
• Rhymes: -aːɣəl

nagel m (plural nagels, diminutive nageltje n)

1. a nail (on the fingers or toes)

   De tijgerin sloeg haar nagels uit.

   The tigress drew out her nails.

2. a nail, a spike-shaped, usually metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials

   Synonym: spijker

   Het fotolijstje hangt aan een nagel.

   The picture frame is hanging on a nail.

• Afrikaans: nael
• Berbice Creole Dutch: nanggli
• → Caribbean Hindustani: nakkhun
• → Sranan Tongo: nangra
  • → Aukan: nangaa

• algen, angel, lagen, lange

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɡl̩/, /ˈnaːɡəl/

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nagel

1. inflection of nageln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

From Old Dutch *nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl.

nāgel m

1. A nail (hard part of fingers and toes)
2. A nail (metal spike)
3. A clove (spice).

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: nagel
  • Afrikaans: nael
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: nanggli
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: nakkhun
  • → Sranan Tongo: nangra
    • → Aukan: nangaa
• Limburgish: nagel

• “naghel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nagel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• nail, nāl, negel, neil

From Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnaɡəl/

nagel m

1. A nail, pin, peg (wooden or metal spike used for fastening)
2. (anatomy) A nail
3. (cooking) A clove (spice).

   Synonyms: negelkīn, negellīn

4. A knot (blemish in wood caused by branch growth)

   Synonym: knorre

5. Conjunctivitis (an infection of the eye)

• Bavarian: Någl

  Cimbrian: naaghel

  Mòcheno: nagel

• Central Franconian: Nohl, Nähl, Näl, Nääl, Nahl, Nagel

  Hunsrik: Naaghel

  Luxembourgish: Nol

• German: Nagel
  • → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)
• Alemannic German: Nagel
• Yiddish: נאָגל (nogl), נאגיל (nogil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)

• "nagel" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Nagel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (“nail”).

Cognate with German Nagel, English nail. Compare other languages that derive "carnation" from the word for "nail" (often a diminutive): Alemannic German Nägeli, Catalan clavell, Hebrew ציפורן (tsipóren), Hungarian szegfű.

nagel m

1. A carnation.

• “nagel” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Proto-Slavic *naglъ.

• IPA^(key): /nàːɡəʋ/

nágəł (comparative náglejši, superlative nȁjnáglejši)

1. fast

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• “nagel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɡɛl/

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nagel c

1. (anatomy) a nail

   Jag ville träffa spiken med hammaren, men jag träffade nageln istället

   I wanted to hit the nail with the hammer, but I hit my nail instead

2. a pin, a treenail, a rivet (type of rivet, especially in boat-building)

A nail you hit with a hammer is a spik.

• finger
• manikyr
• tå

• nagel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nagel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nagel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• Engla, algen, galen, galne, lagen, legan

Cognate with Dutch nagel, English nail, German Nagel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɡəl/

nagel c (plural nagels, diminutive nageltsje)

1. clove
2. lilac

• “nagel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011