nähern

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German næhern. Synchronically derived from nahe. Compare English near (verb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːərn/, [ˈnɛː.ɐn], [ˈneː.ɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: nä‧hern
  • Homophone: nähren (chiefly casual speech)

Verb

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nähern (weak, third-person singular present nähert, past tense näherte, past participle genähert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to approach, to come near
  2. (sciences) to approximate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • nähern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nähern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nähern” in Duden online
  • nähern” in OpenThesaurus.de