nahen

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to approach, to come near
    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)
    Der Sommer naht sich dem Ende.
    Summer is coming to an end.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

nahen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なへん