nahestehen

== German == === Etymology === nahe +‎ stehen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnaːəˌʃteːən] Hyphenation: na‧he‧ste‧hen === Verb === nahestehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht nahe, past tense stand nahe, past participle nahegestanden, past subjunctive stände nahe or stünde nahe, auxiliary haben or sein) to have a close connection to to be similar in respect to a certain trait [with dative ‘similar to whom’ and in ‘by which trait’] ==== Usage notes ==== Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “nahestehen” in Duden online “nahestehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache