Nabel

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German nabel, nabele, from Old High German nabalo, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaːbəl/ === Noun === Nabel m (strong, genitive Nabels, plural Nabel) (anatomy) navel; bellybutton (figurative) centre; middle Nabel der Welt ― centre of the world ==== Usage notes ==== (navel): Although the simplex is not rare, the commoner word in contemporary German is the compound Bauchnabel. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== entnabeln Bauchnabel Nabel der Welt Nabelschnur Nabelschwein (“peccary, javelina”) === Further reading === “Nabel” in Duden online “Nabel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Nabel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Nabel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.