Nagelhaut
[ˈnaːɡl̩ˌhaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Nagelhaut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwischen dem umgebenden Nagelwall und dem Nagel, der eigentlichen Nagelplatte, sichtbar aufliegende Hautpartikel
Corpus desk
Index DE-nagelhaut · Nagelhaut · German
Nagelhaut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nagelhaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnaːɡl̩ˌhaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nagelhaut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nagelhaut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnaːɡl̩ˌhaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwischen dem umgebenden Nagelwall und dem Nagel, der eigentlichen Nagelplatte, sichtbar aufliegende Hautpartikel".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Nagelhaut, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Nagelhaut, spelled N-A-G-E-L-H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1zwischen dem umgebenden Nagelwall und dem Nagel, der eigentlichen Nagelplatte, sichtbar aufliegende Hautpartikel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nagelhaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was ist denn nun besser: die Nagelhaut zu entfernen oder zurückzuschieben?
Eingerissene Nagelhäute verursachen Schmerzen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.