nähertreten
German, verb
nähertreten is spelled N-Ä-H-E-R-T-R-E-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nähertreten is a German verb meaning “to approach, to come closer, to step closer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nähertreten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to approach, to come closer, to step closer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of nähertreten
- tritt näher present singular third-person
- trat näher past
- nähergetreten participle past
- träte näher past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 5 strong
- nähertretend participle present
- näherzutreten infinitive infinitive-zu
- trete näher first-person indicative present
- treten näher first-person indicative plural
- trittst näher indicative present second-person
- tretet näher indicative plural present
- tretest näher second-person singular subjunctive
- traten näher first-person indicative plural
- träten näher first-person formal plural
- tratest näher indicative preterite second-person
- tratst näher indicative preterite second-person
- tratet näher indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nähertreten in German?
nähertreten appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).