nah
Meaning in English: near, close
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Der Bahnhof ist ganz nah.
The station is very close.
Forms of nah in the top 5,000
These forms of nah are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Komm doch ein bisschen näher.
Come a bit closer.
Nähere Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Website.
You'll find further information on our website.
Die Kinder spielen im nahen Park.
The children are playing in the nearby park.
How common is nah?
nah is number 3,496 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 41,000 words. Its most frequent form is näher (#1,835).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,492das Staatsministeriumstate ministry
- 3,493der Senatsenate
- 3,494führendenleading
- 3,495die Landeshauptstadtstate capital
- 3,496nahnear, close
- 3,497Plattformenplatforms
- 3,498künftigefuture
- 3,499die Baustelleconstruction site, roadworks
- 3,500die Bereitschaftwillingness, readiness; on-call duty
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,496
- The most common German adjectives#591
- German A2 vocabulary#746
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.