Nadel
German, noun/ˈnaːdəl/
Nadel is spelled N-A-D-E-L (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadel is a German feminine noun meaning “needle; hook (implement for sewing, knitting, or crocheting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “längliches, dünnes Werkzeug mit Spitze, je nach Verwendungszweck unterschiedlich geformt”.
What does Nadel mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneedle; hook (implement for sewing, knitting, or crocheting)
- 2
femininepin (implement for fixing something)
- 3
feminineneedle (indicating device)
- 4
feminineneedle (sensor for phonograph stylus)
- 5
feminineneedle (leaf of conifer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. längliches, dünnes Werkzeug mit Spitze, je nach Verwendungszweck unterschiedlich geformt 2. das nadelförmig umgebildete Blatt des Nadelbaums 3. dünner Draht mit einem Diamanten an der Spitze, der die Rille einer Schallplatte mit Hilfe von Verstärkern in Schall wandelt
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 Nadel
- Nadeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nadel?
- /ˈnaːdəl/
- [ˈnäːdl̩]
- [ˈnaːdl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nadel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nadel in German?
Nadel appears 5.9 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).