nahestehen

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German

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Etymology

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nahe +‎ stehen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnaːəˌʃteːən]
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  • Hyphenation: na‧he‧ste‧hen

Verb

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nahestehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht nahe, past tense stand nahe, past participle nahegestanden, past subjunctive stände nahe or stünde nahe, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to have a close connection to
  2. to be similar in respect to a certain trait [with dative ‘similar to whom’ and in ‘by which trait’]

Usage notes

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Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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