Nagel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From the noun nagel (“nail”)
Proper noun edit
Nagel
- a surname
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nagel m (strong, genitive Nagels, plural Nägel, diminutive Nägelchen n)
- (anatomy) A nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly consists of keratin.
- Synonyms: (human nail) Fingernagel m, (human nail) Fußnagel m
- Hypernym: Körperteil m
- Hyponyms: Daumennagel m, Fingernagel m
- Holonyms: Finger m, Hand f
- Ihre Nägel waren rot lackiert. ― Her nails were painted red.
- A nail, a man-made pointed fastener used for joining different materials by penetrating them.
- Hang das Bild an den Nagel dort drüben. ― Hang the picture on the nail over there.
Declension edit
Declension of Nagel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)
See also edit
- Hammer m
Further reading edit
- “Nagel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Nagel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Nagel” in Duden online
- Nagel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de