Femení

Nelke

Significat

Conceptes

(Anglès)

(feminine) clove (aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum)
(feminine) carnation, pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) (named by analogy for its clove-like smell)

Freqüència

Basilea-Camp

näägeli

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈnɛlkə]

Manllevat de Middle Low German

Cognat amb llatí

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German nēgelke(n) (“little spike, nail”), from Old Saxon nagal (“nail”). Doublet of Nägelchen and Nägelein (archaic). Low German-looking forms are already found in Middle High German negelkīn alongside negelīn; the contraction is first attested in Central German Nelekin. The feminine form in -e is a backformation from the plural. The name is due to the typical form of cloves; compare Latin clāvulus (“clove”), from clāvus (“nail”), of which the German form may be a loan translation.