Annäherung

== German == === Etymology === annähern (“to approach”) +‎ -ung (“-ing”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanˌnɛːəʁʊŋ/, [ˈʔanˌnɛːɐʁʊŋ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈanˌneːəʁʊŋ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: An‧nä‧he‧rung === Noun === Annäherung f (genitive Annäherung, plural Annäherungen) approach (act of drawing near; access or opportunity of drawing near) (golf) approach (a stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green) (mathematics, engineering) approximation ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Annäherungsbemühung, Annäherungsschritt, Annäherungsversuch Wiederannäherung === Further reading === “Annäherung” in Duden online “Annäherung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)