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naald.

a needle, a pin (for sewing, injections, tattooing etc.)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/naːlt/
  1. a needle, a pin (for sewing, injections, tattooing etc.)

    feminine
  2. a needle (leaf of coniferous trees)

    feminine
  3. the needle of a record player

    feminine
  4. an obelisk or column (monument, memorial)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch naelde, from Old Dutch nālda, from a metathesis of earlier *nādla, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō. Compare the Old High German alternative form nālda, whence Luxembourgish Nol. Also cognate with German Nadel, English needle.

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