Nägeli

== Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === Näägeli, Negeli === Etymology === From Middle High German negelīn. By surface analysis, Nagel +‎ li. Compare German Nägelein (archaic), German Nägelchen, German Nelke. === Pronunciation === (Zürich) IPA(key): /ˈnæɡəli/, /ˈnæːɡəli/ === Noun === Nägeli n (plural Nägeli) diminutive of Nagel carnation 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript): clove ==== Usage notes ==== According to Niklaus Bigler, former editor of Schweizerisches Idiotikon, most dialects distinguish between Näägeli (“clove, carnation”) and Negeli (“nail”, diminutive). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Nägeli”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[2] (in German), volume 4, 1901, column 692