| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | søm | sømmet | søm | sømmene |
| Genitive | søms | sømmets | søms | sømmenes |
| Catalan | clau |
|---|---|
| Dutch | nagel; draadnagel; spijker |
| English | nail |
| English (Old English) | nægel |
| Esperanto | najlo |
| Faeroese | seymur |
| Finnish | naula |
| French | clou |
| German | Nagel; Stift |
| Hungarian | szeg |
| Italian | chiodo |
| Latin | clavus |
| Malay | paku |
| Norwegian | spiker |
| Papiamento | klabo; klabu |
| Portuguese | cravo; prego |
| Saterland Frisian | Spieker |
| Scottish Gaelic | tarag |
| Spanish | clavo |
| Swedish | nagel; spik |
| Tagalog | pakò |
| Thai | ตะปู |
| West Frisian | spiker |