Nägeli
Alemannic German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German negelīn. By surface analysis, Nagel + li. Compare German Nägelein (archaic), German Nägelchen, German Nelke.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Nägeli n (plural Nägeli)
- diminutive of Nagel
- carnation
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Gänds mer ä par vo dene Nägeli da, ja.
- Give me a couple of these carnations here, okay.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- clove
Usage notes
[edit]According to Niklaus Bigler, former editor of Schweizerisches Idiotikon, most dialects distinguish between Näägeli (“clove, carnation”) and Negeli (“nail”, dim).[1]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bigler, Niklaus (2022 September 24) “Was ist ein Obergadeladenagel?”, in St. Galler Tagblatt[1] (in Alemannic German): “Das Schweizerdeutsche hat unter Nagel noch ein Drittes, das Näägeli (Nelke; mittelhochdeutsch negelīn); in der Aussprache hat es sich in den meisten Dialekten längst vom Negeli (kleiner Nagel) distanziert.”
Further reading
[edit]- “Nägeli”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[2] (in German), volume 4, 1901, column 692
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