nachahmen
German, verb[ˈnaːxˌʔaːmən]
nachahmen is spelled N-A-C-H-A-H-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachahmen is a German verb meaning “to copy, imitate, emulate (a person or thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas möglichst originalgetreu nachmachen; die Eigenart, das Verhalten von jemandem / etwas imitieren”.
What does nachahmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to copy, imitate, emulate (a person or thing)
Er versuchte immer, das Verhalten seines großen Bruders nachzuahmen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas möglichst originalgetreu nachmachen; die Eigenart, das Verhalten von jemandem / etwas imitieren
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 nachahmen
- ahmt nach present singular third-person
- ahmte nach past
- nachgeahmt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nachahmend participle present
- nachzuahmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ahme nach first-person indicative present
- ahmen nach first-person indicative plural
- ahmst nach indicative present second-person
- ahmest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- ahmet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- ahmten nach first-person indicative plural
- ahmtest nach indicative preterite second-person
- ahmtet nach indicative plural preterite
- ahme nach! imperative singular
- ahmt nach! imperative plural
- nachgeahmt haben active infinitive perfect
- nachgeahmt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachahmen?
- [ˈnaːxˌʔaːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nachahmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachahmen in German?
nachahmen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).