nader

See also: Nader, nåder, ňader, and nadir

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch naderen, from Middle Dutch naderen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑː.dər/

Verb

nader (present nader, present participle naderende, past participle genader)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to approach, to come near

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnadɛr]

Verb

nader

1. second-person singular imperative of nadrat

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: na‧der
• Rhymes: -aːdər

Etymology 1

An old comparative of na, from which also naar originates. Compare also English near.

Adjective

nader (not comparable)

1. closer, more nearby
2. more precise

   Dat moet nader worden bestudeerd.

   That must be studied in more detail.

Declension

Declension of nader
uninflected	nader
inflected	nadere
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		nader
indefinite	m./f. sing.	nadere
	n. sing.	nader
	plural	nadere
definite		nadere
partitive		naders

Descendants

• Negerhollands: nader

Adverb

nader

1. closer, near

   De nacht komt nader.

   The night draws closer.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nader

1. inflection of naderen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• ander, André, Arend, arend, raden

Emilian

Alternative forms

• anâdra (Bolognese)

Noun

nader m

1. duck

Polish

Alternative forms

• nadder, nadert (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Univerbation of na +‎ Old Czech drt, whence Czech drť.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnadɛr/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈnadɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adɛr
• Syllabification: na‧der

Adverb

nader (not comparable)

1. (literary) exceedingly, extremely, vastly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bardzo

Further reading

• nader in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nader in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nader”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nadert”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “nader”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna