näherrücken
German, verb
näherrücken is spelled N-Ä-H-E-R-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Näherrücken is a German verb meaning “to approach, to move closer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does näherrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to approach, to move closer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of näherrücken
- rückt näher present singular third-person
- rückte näher past
- nähergerückt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- näherrückend participle present
- näherzurücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- rücke näher first-person indicative present
- rücken näher first-person indicative plural
- rückst näher indicative present second-person
- rückest näher second-person singular subjunctive
- rücket näher plural second-person subjunctive
- rückten näher first-person indicative plural
- rücktest näher indicative preterite second-person
- rücktet näher indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce näherrücken?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is näherrücken in German?
näherrücken appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).