Nabelschnur
German, noun/ˈnaːbəlˌʃnuːɐ̯/
Nabelschnur is spelled N-A-B-E-L-S-C-H-N-U-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nabelschnur is a German feminine noun meaning “umbilical cord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verbindungsstrang zwischen Bauchnabel eines Neugeborenen und der Plazenta (dem Mutterkuchen); enthält drei…”.
What does Nabelschnur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineumbilical cord
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verbindungsstrang zwischen Bauchnabel eines Neugeborenen und der Plazenta (dem Mutterkuchen); enthält drei Blutgefäße
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 Nabelschnur
- Nabelschnüre plural
- Nabelschnüren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nabelschnur?
- /ˈnaːbəlˌʃnuːɐ̯/
- [ˈnaːbl̩ˌʃnuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nabelschnur in German?
Nabelschnur appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).