nah
German, adjective/naː/
nah is spelled N-A-H (3 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nah is a German adjective meaning “near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlich wenig entfernt”.
What does nah mean in English?
adjective
- 1
near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby
Ich plane in naher Zukunft eine Reise nach Deutschland.
adverb
- 1
near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. räumlich wenig entfernt 2. zeitlich wenig entfernt 3. wenig entfernt
abbreviation: 1. Buch Nahum
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 nah
- naher masculine nominative singular
- näher comparative
- am nächsten superlative
- nahe feminine nominative singular
- nahes neuter nominative singular
- nahen genitive masculine singular
- nahem dative masculine singular
- der nahe definite includes-article masculine
- die nahe definite feminine includes-article
- das nahe definite includes-article neuter
- die nahen definite includes-article nominative
- des nahen definite genitive includes-article
- der nahen definite feminine genitive
- dem nahen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nah?
- /naː/
- [naː]
- […]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nah in German?
nah appears 35 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).