| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /nalt/ |
| Hyphenation | naald |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | naalden |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| naaldje | naaldjes |
| Catalan | agulla; pua |
|---|---|
| English | needle |
| Esperanto | nadlo |
| Faeroese | nál |
| French | aiguille; aiguille de montre |
| Hungarian | tű |
| Italian | ago |
| Latin | acus |
| Norwegian | nål |
| Portuguese | agulha |
| Swedish | nål |
| Thai | เข็ม |
| West Frisian | nuddel |