Nadelholz
German, noun/ˈnaːdl̩hɔlt͜s/
Nadelholz is spelled N-A-D-E-L-H-O-L-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadelholz is a German neuter noun meaning “softwood (The wood of a conifer.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holz eines Nadelbaums”.
What does Nadelholz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersoftwood (The wood of a conifer.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Holz eines Nadelbaums 2. nacktsamiger Baum, der harte, sehr schmale Blätter (genannt Nadeln) trägt
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 Nadelholz
- Nadelholzes genitive
- Nadelhölzer plural
- Nadelholze dative singular
- Nadelhölzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nadelholz?
- /ˈnaːdl̩hɔlt͜s/
- [ˈnaːdl̩ˌhɔlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nadelholz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nadelholz in German?
Nadelholz appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).