ähneln
German, verb/ˈɛːnəln/
ähneln is spelled Ä-H-N-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ähneln is a German verb meaning “[with dative] to resemble, be or look similar to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weitgehend übereinstimmen, sich wenig unterscheiden”.
What does ähneln mean in English?
verb
- 1
[with dative] to resemble, be or look similar to
Ich ähnle meinem Vater überhaupt nicht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weitgehend übereinstimmen, sich wenig unterscheiden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ähneln
- ähnelt present singular third-person
- ähnelte past
- geähnelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ähnelnd participle present
- ähnle first-person indicative present
- ähnele first-person indicative present
- ähnel first-person indicative present
- ähnelst indicative present second-person
- ähnelest second-person singular subjunctive
- ähnlest second-person singular subjunctive
- ähnelet plural second-person subjunctive
- ähnlet plural second-person subjunctive
- ähnelten first-person indicative plural
- ähneltest indicative preterite second-person
- ähneltet indicative plural preterite
- ähnele! imperative singular
- ähnle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ähneln?
- /ˈɛːnəln/
- [ˈʔɛː.nl̩n]
- [ˈʔeː-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ähneln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ähneln in German?
ähneln appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).