Reißnagel
[ˈʁaɪ̯sˌnaːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Reißnagel” 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) - leicht zu lösender, kurzer Nagel
Corpus desk
Index DE-rei-nagel · Reißnagel · German
Reißnagel · 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 "R" 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 | Reißnagel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaɪ̯sˌnaːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Reißnagel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Reißnagel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaɪ̯sˌnaːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leicht zu lösender, kurzer Nagel".
Reißnagel has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Reißnagel, spelled R-E-I-S-S-N-A-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1leicht zu lösender, kurzer Nagel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Reißnagel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihre Augen folgten dem roten Faden auf der Karte von Reißnagel zu Reißnagel.
„Manche Vermieter sind vom Ukaswahn besessen und verständigen sich mit erzieherischen Zettelchen, andere erlassen Verordnungen in Blockschrift, die sie mit Reißnägeln im WC und in der Diele befestigen.“
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.