nah – German adjective declension

German adjective forms of nah

Adjective: nah

Hyphenation:

Strong Declension

(without article)

Nominative

masculinenaher
femininenahe
neuternahes
pluralnahe

Genitive

masculinenahen
femininenaher
neuternahen
pluralnaher

Dative

masculinenahem
femininenaher
neuternahem
pluralnahen

Accusative

masculinenahen
femininenahe
neuternahes
pluralnahe

Weak Declension

(with definite article)

Nominative

masculineder nahe
femininedie nahe
neuterdas nahe
pluraldie nahen

Genitive

masculinedes nahen
feminineder nahen
neuterdes nahen
pluralder nahen

Dative

masculinedem nahen
feminineder nahen
neuterdem nahen
pluralden nahen

Accusative

masculineden nahen
femininedie nahe
neuterdas nahe
pluraldie nahen

Mixed Declension

(with indefinite article)

Nominative

masculineein naher
feminineeine nahe
neuterein nahes
pluralnahen

Genitive

masculineeines nahen
feminineeiner nahen
neutereines nahen
pluralnahen

Dative

masculineeinem nahen
feminineeiner nahen
neutereinem nahen
pluralnahen

Accusative

masculineeinen nahen
feminineeine nahe
neuterein nahes
pluralnahen

Comparison Forms

Positivenah
Comparativenäher
Superlativeam nächsten

Sample Sentences

  • Ich plane in naher Zukunft eine Reise nach Deutschland. (I'm planning a trip to Germany in the near future.)
  • Ellen stand am Fenster und hörte durch Herbstwind und Regen vom nahen Bahnhof herüber die Züge pfeifen. (Ellen stood at the window and heard the trains whistling from the nearby station through autumn wind and rain.) [1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, “Ellen Olestjerne”, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:]

Adjectives inflected like nah

zeitnah, citynah, nah, äquatornah, körpernah, hautnah, bildungsnah,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Old High German nāh
3. Middle High German nāh
4. German nah
5. Inherited from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach. See: English Adjectives 'nigh'.

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