naheliegend
German, adjective/ˈnaːəˌliːɡn̩t/
naheliegend is spelled N-A-H-E-L-I-E-G-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naheliegend is a German adjective meaning “obvious, logical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of naheliegen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “augenscheinlich zutreffend/folgerichtig, sofort oder nach kurzem Besinnen als richtig, angemessen, nützlich…”.
What does naheliegend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obvious, logical
naheliegender Grund
verb
- 1
present participle of naheliegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. augenscheinlich zutreffend/folgerichtig, sofort oder nach kurzem Besinnen als richtig, angemessen, nützlich beurteilt 2. sich in geringer Distanz, in unmittelbarer Nähe befindend
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 naheliegend
- naheliegender masculine nominative singular
- am naheliegendsten superlative
- naheliegende feminine nominative singular
- naheliegendes neuter nominative singular
- naheliegenden genitive masculine singular
- naheliegendem dative masculine singular
- der naheliegende definite includes-article masculine
- die naheliegende definite feminine includes-article
- das naheliegende definite includes-article neuter
- die naheliegenden definite includes-article nominative
- des naheliegenden definite genitive includes-article
- der naheliegenden definite feminine genitive
- dem naheliegenden dative definite includes-article
- nahe liegend alternative
- näherliegend comparative
- am nächstliegenden superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naheliegend?
- /ˈnaːəˌliːɡn̩t/
- [ˈnaːəˌliːɡn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naheliegend in German?
naheliegend appears 1.9 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).