nähern
to approach
English translations
- 01
approach
- 02
come closer
- 03
draw near
Word details
- German meaning
- Sich jemandem oder etwas näher bewegen oder kommen.
- English meaning
- Approach
- Synonym
- ankommen, herankommen
- German example
- Das Flugzeug nähert sich dem Flughafen.
- English example
- The plane is approaching the airport.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich nähre du näherst er/sie/es ich nähert wir nähern ihr näheret sie nähern
- Past Participle
- ich habe genähert du hast genähert er/sie/es hat genähert wir haben genähert ihr habt genähert sie haben genähert
- Past
- ich näherte du nähertest er/sie/es näherte wir näherten ihr nähertet sie näherten
Related words
- annähern
To approach someone or something, either physically or mentally.
- konvergieren
Converge
- herankommen
To approach
- herantreten
Herantreten means to approach someone or something, to walk up to someone.
- vorwagen
To venture forward, to edge forward
- heranreichen
to reach, to approach
- rangehen
To approach
- zusammenstrebend
Converging means that something tends to move together or unite.
- pirschen
To stalk
- heuristisch
Based on discovery or problem-solving through trial and error and experience.
- kugelförmig
Spherical means having the shape of a sphere, that is, round and uniform in all directions.
- quasichemisch
Quasi-chemical
- zugehen
Approach
- rundend
Rounding
- entgegeneilen
to rush to meet someone
- heraufkommen
To come up, to arise
- herangehen
To approach
- zulaufen
To run towards
- anrücken
To approach
- auffahren
To drive up to
- zusammenrücken
to move closer together
- aufdringen
To impose, to obtrude
- herannahen
to approach
- bürstig
Bristly, prickly
- Irrlicht
A will-o'-the-wisp is a faint, flickering light sometimes seen over marshes or swamps, possibly caused by the spontaneous combustion of marsh gas.
- flirten
To flirt
- nahen
To approach
- nahekommen
To get close to
- bevorstehen
To be imminent
- anschleichen
Sneak up
- näherkommen
To approach
- dämmern
To grow dusk, to grow dark
- hinarbeiten
work towards
- herbeikommen
To come here means to approach a person or place, often upon request or invitation.
- herbeiziehen
To approach
- ungefähr
approximately, about
- approximativ
Approximate
- Anordnung
An order is an official instruction or command that must be followed.
- Approximant
Approximant
Example sentences with “nähern”
Wir nähern uns dem Ziel. (We are approaching the goal.)
Frequently asked questions
Is it reflexive?
Yes, 'sich nähern' takes the Dative case.