See also: nähen

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnaːən]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

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

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

nahen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なへん