Approach

"Approach" in German

Anflug

(way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)

Annäherung

(act of drawing near in place or time)

Annäherung

(opportunity of drawing near — see also access)

Ansatz

(manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

sich annähern

(to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

sich nähern

(to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

sich nähern

((figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal)

sich nähern

(to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

sich nähern

((military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.