näherkommen

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German

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Etymology

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näher +‎ kommen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛːɐˌkɔmən] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): [ˈneːɐˌkɔmən] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: nä‧her‧kom‧men
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Verb

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näherkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt näher, past tense kam näher, past participle nähergekommen, past subjunctive käme näher, auxiliary sein)

  1. to come closer [with dative ‘to someone/something’]
  2. (reflexive) to become closer (socially, with each other)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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