nageln
German, verb
nageln is spelled N-A-G-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nageln is a German verb meaning “to nail (to hammer or drive a nail into something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Nägeln is a different word: “dative plural of Nagel”. With a capital, Nageln is a different word: “gerund of nageln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Nagel in etwas eintreiben, einhämmern”.
What does nageln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nail (to hammer or drive a nail into something)
- 2
vulgarto nail (of a male, to have sexual intercourse with a female)
- 3
to produce a knocking sound
der Motor nagelt
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Nagel
noun
- 1
neutergerund of nageln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Nagel in etwas eintreiben, einhämmern 2. eine Frau beschlafen 3. ein charakteristisches, klopfendes Geräusch verursachen 4. einen Ball mit großer Wucht schießen oder werfen
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 nageln
- nagelt present singular third-person
- nagelte past
- genagelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nagelnd participle present
- nagle first-person indicative present
- nagele first-person indicative present
- nagel first-person indicative present
- nagelst indicative present second-person
- nagelest second-person singular subjunctive
- naglest second-person singular subjunctive
- nagelet plural second-person subjunctive
- naglet plural second-person subjunctive
- nagelten first-person indicative plural
- nageltest indicative preterite second-person
- nageltet indicative plural preterite
- nagele! imperative singular
- nagelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nageln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nageln in German?
nageln appears 1.8 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).