Nadelkissen
German, noun/ˈnaːdl̩ˌkɪsn̩/
Nadelkissen is spelled N-A-D-E-L-K-I-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadelkissen is a German neuter noun meaning “pincushion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner, kissenartiger Gegenstand, in den Steck- und Nähnadeln gesteckt werden, damit diese nicht verloren…”.
What does Nadelkissen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpincushion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner, kissenartiger Gegenstand, in den Steck- und Nähnadeln gesteckt werden, damit diese nicht verloren gehen
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 Nadelkissen
- Nadelkissens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nadelkissen?
- /ˈnaːdl̩ˌkɪsn̩/
- [ˈnaːdl̩ˌkɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nadelkissen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nadelkissen in German?
Nadelkissen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).