vernageln
German, verb
vernageln is spelled V-E-R-N-A-G-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernageln is a German verb meaning “to nail up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vernageln is a different word: “gerund of vernageln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Hilfe von Nägeln, die eingeschlagen werden, verschließen”.
What does vernageln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nail up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vernageln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Hilfe von Nägeln, die eingeschlagen werden, verschließen
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 vernageln
- vernagelt present singular third-person
- vernagelte past
- haben auxiliary
- vernagelnd participle present
- vernagle first-person indicative present
- vernagele first-person indicative present
- vernagel first-person indicative present
- vernagelst indicative present second-person
- vernagelest second-person singular subjunctive
- vernaglest second-person singular subjunctive
- vernagelet plural second-person subjunctive
- vernaglet plural second-person subjunctive
- vernagelten first-person indicative plural
- vernageltest indicative preterite second-person
- vernageltet indicative plural preterite
- vernagel! imperative singular
- vernagele! imperative singular
- vernagelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vernageln in German?
vernageln appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).