nahezu
German, adverb/naːəˈt͡su/
nahezu is spelled N-A-H-E-Z-U (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written German, the 2,204th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nahezu is a German adverb meaning “almost, nearly, virtually (qualifying a property or amount)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ganz, aber fast vollständig”.
What does nahezu mean in English?
adverb
- 1
almost, nearly, virtually (qualifying a property or amount)
nahezu unverändert
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nicht ganz, aber fast vollständig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce nahezu?
- /naːəˈt͡su/
- [ˈnaːəˈt͡suː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nahezu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nahezu in German?
nahezu appears 38 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).