German

Menschlicher Nagel — human nail (1)

Nägel eines Elefanten — Nails of an elephant. (1)

Nägel — nails. (2)

Noun

Nagel m ‎(genitive Nagels, plural Nägel)

1. (anatomy) A nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly consists of keratin.
2. A nail, a man-made pointed fastener used for joining different materials by penetrating them.

Declension

Synonyms

• (human nails): Fingernagel m, Fußnagel m

Hypernyms

• Körperteil m

Hyponyms

• Daumennagel m
• Fingernagel m

Holonyms

• Finger m
• Hand f

Derived terms

See also

• Hammer m

Dutch

Noun

nagel m ‎(plural nagels, diminutive nageltje n)

1. nail (on the fingers or toes)
2. nail (metal pin)

Synonyms

• (metal pin): spijker

Anagrams

• algen, angel, lagen, lange

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɡl̩/, /ˈnaːɡəl/

Verb

nagel

1. First-person singular present of nageln.
2. Imperative singular of nageln.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *naglъ. Cognate with Bulgarian нагъл ‎(nagǎl, “insolent, impertinent”), Serbo-Croatian на́гао/nágao, Russian на́глый ‎(náglyj, “insolent, impertinent”), Slovak náhly ‎(“sudden”). Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃 ‎(anaks, “sudden”), Sanskrit अञ्जसा ‎(añjasā, “immediately”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnàːɡəw/
• Tonal orthography: nágəł

Adjective

nágel ‎(comparative náglejši, superlative nàjnáglejši)

1. fast

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɡɛl/

Noun

nagel c

1. (anatomy) nail; a horny plate on fingers and toes
2. nail; a spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• finger
• tå