nahestehen

German

Etymology

nahe + stehen

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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 [+dative = similar to whom] [+ in (object) = by which trait]

Usage notes

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.

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