nähren
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German nerren, from Old High German nerien, from Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *nazjaną. Cognate with Middle Dutch neren ("to feed", "to provide for oneself"; obsolete Dutch generen).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnɛːrən/, [ˈnɛː.ʁən], [ˈneː-], [-ɐn]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: näh‧ren
- Homophone: nähern (chiefly casual speech)
Verb
[edit]nähren (weak, third-person singular present nährt, past tense nährte, past participle genährt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to feed
- (reflexive) to feed on
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | nähren | ||||
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present participle | nährend | ||||
past participle | genährt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich nähre | wir nähren | i | ich nähre | wir nähren |
du nährst | ihr nährt | du nährest | ihr nähret | ||
er nährt | sie nähren | er nähre | sie nähren | ||
preterite | ich nährte | wir nährten | ii | ich nährte1 | wir nährten1 |
du nährtest | ihr nährtet | du nährtest1 | ihr nährtet1 | ||
er nährte | sie nährten | er nährte1 | sie nährten1 | ||
imperative | nähr (du) nähre (du) |
nährt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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