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nahen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nāhen, equivalent to nah (near) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnaːən]
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Verb

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nahen (weak, third-person singular present naht, past tense nahte, past participle genaht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to approach, to come near [auxiliary sein]
    Keine Sorge, Rettung naht.
    Don't worry, rescue is coming.
    Weihnachten naht mit Riesenschritten.
    Christmas is fast (in giant steps) approaching.
  2. (reflexive) to approach, to come to (something) [auxiliary haben]
    Der Sommer naht sich dem Ende.
    Summer is coming to an end.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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nahen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なへん