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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "nahern" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "nahern" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Curious whats going on here with “naht” (used twice).
Is this a missspelling of sich nähern?
ok, so I was gonna go out but I stayed in had a cup of tea and figured out its based on Goethe’s Faust so this must be old german spelling right?
No, it’s the verb “nahen”
very weird, I think my search wasn’t comprehensive enough and I somehow missed it. I also was searching for nahern at one point, which doesn’t exist. And then there is nähen to add confusion. I was convinced there was no verb “nahen”. Not helped by Dudens search function that does not link to a verb if you search for “naht”…
So whats the difference between nahen and nähern then?
“nahen” doesn’t take a direct object and is mostly used in abstract sense of approaching.
– Die Wahl naht.
“nähern” needs a direct object, and hence often comes with a self reference.
– Die CDU nähert sich der AFD.
ok thanks for the clarification. Is there any reason why “nahen” isn’t currently in your dictionary?
It’s from the verb “nahen”, which does not fit this context in modern German, but it might be an old poem actually.