Nagel

See also: nagel and Nägel

Dutch

Proper noun

Nagel

1. a surname

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German

Menschlicher Nagel — human nail (1)

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

Nägel — nails. (2)

Etymology

From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz. Cognate with Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, Old English næġl (English nail), West Frisian neil, Danish negl, Swedish nagel; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin unguis, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Sanskrit नख (nakhá), Persian ناخن (nāxon), Russian ноготь (nógotʹ), Lithuanian nagas, Irish ionga and Welsh ewin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɡl̩/, [ˈnaːɡəl]

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Noun

Nagel m (genitive Nagels, plural Nägel, diminutive Nägelchen n)

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.

Synonyms

• (human nails): Fingernagel m, Fußnagel m

Hypernyms

• Körperteil m

Hyponyms

• Daumennagel m
• Fingernagel m

Holonyms

• Finger m
• Hand f

Derived terms

Derived terms

• an den Nagel hängen
• Daumennagel m
• den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen
• Eisennagel m
• festnageln
• Fingernagel m
• Fußnagel m
• Reißnagel m
• Nagelbett n
• Nagelbrett n

• Nagelfeile f
• Nagelhaut f
• Nagellack m
• nageln
• Nagelpflege f
• Nagelschere f
• Nagelstudio n
• Sargnagel m
• Zehennagel f

Descendants

• → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)

See also

• Hammer m

Further reading

• “Nagel” in Duden online