Plant-Name Dictionary
Stinging Nettle — names in 28 European languages
Urtica dioica
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Български Bulgarian | Обикновена коприва |
| Čeština Czech | Kopřiva dvoudomá |
| Dansk Danish | Stor nælde |
| Nederlands Dutch | Grote brandnetel |
| English English | Stinging Nettle Big-sting Nettle, California Nettle, common nettle, Common Stinging Nettle, European Nettle, Giant Nettle, Nettle, Slender Nettle, tall nettle, Wild Nettle |
| Eesti Estonian | Kõrvenõges |
| Suomi Finnish | Nokkonen isonokkonen |
| Français French | grande ortie grande ortie, ortie dioïque, ortie, Ortie dioique |
| Deutsch German | Große Brennnessel Grosse Brennessel |
| Magyar Hungarian | Nagy csalán |
| Italiano Italian | Ortica comune |
| Latviešu Latvian | Lielā nātre |
| Lietuvių Lithuanian | Didžioji dilgėlė |
| Polski Polish | Pokrzywa zwyczajna |
| Português Portuguese | urtiga Urtiga-maior, urtiga-mansa, urtiga-vermelha, urtigão |
| Română Romanian | Urzică |
| Slovenčina Slovak | Pŕhľava dvojdomá |
| Slovenščina Slovenian | Velika kopriva |
| Español Spanish | ortiga chichicaste |
| Svenska Swedish | brännässla |
| Русский Russian | Крапива двудомная |
| Українська Ukrainian | Кропива дводомна |
| Norsk Norwegian | stornesle |
| Српски Serbian | Коприва |
| Bosanski Bosnian | Kopriva |
| Íslenska Icelandic | Brenninetla |
| Català Catalan | Ortiga gran |
| Беларуская Belarusian | Крапіва двухдомная |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.