Nagel

See also: nagel and Nägel

Dutch

Proper noun

Nagel

A surname.

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 ‎ (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)

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

Declension

Declension of Nagel

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nagel	die	Nägel
genitive	eines	des	Nagels	der	Nägel
dative	einem	dem	Nagel	den	Nägeln
accusative	einen	den	Nagel	die	Nägel

Synonyms

(human nails): Fingernagel m, Fußnagel m

Hypernyms

Körperteil m

Hyponyms

Daumennagel m
Fingernagel m

Holonyms

Finger m
Hand f

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)