Fingernagel
German, noun
Fingernagel is a German masculine noun meaning “fingernail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Fingernägel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fingernagel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gewölbte, durchscheinende Keratinplatte auf der Oberseite der Fingerspitze”.
What does Fingernagel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefingernail
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fingernagel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gewölbte, durchscheinende Keratinplatte auf der Oberseite der Fingerspitze
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Fingernagel
- Fingernagels genitive
- Fingernägel plural
- Fingernägeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Fingernagel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fingernagel in German?
Fingernagel appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).