nahen
to approach
- Past (Präteritum)
- nahte
- Past participle
- genaht (sein)
Regular weak verb used primarily with sein to indicate movement toward a point in space or time. It is a literary term often used to describe the slow arrival of time periods like evening or seasons. It is distinct from the related strong verb 'nähern', which is reflexive and requires the dative case.
Conjugation
Present
- naht
- form-of, plural, present, second-person
- nahe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- nahen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- nahst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- nahte
- past
- nahten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- nahtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- nahtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- nahe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- nahen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- nahest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- nahet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- nahte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- nahten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- nahtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- nahtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest genaht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist genaht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest genaht
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet genaht
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet genaht
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wäre genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wären genaht
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärst genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wärt genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret genaht
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde nahen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden nahen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest nahen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- naht
- form-of, imperative, plural
- nah
- imperative, second-person, singular
- nahe
- imperative, second-person, singular
Participle
- genaht
- participle, past
- nahend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- nahen
- infinitive
Other
- habe genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren genaht
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart genaht
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- nahen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde nahen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden nahen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst nahen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet nahen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird nahen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- genaht haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- genaht sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde genaht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde genaht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden genaht haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- werden genaht sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural