near
The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etcThe left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
» Is there a toilet near here?
Gibt es eine Toilette in der Nähe?
Gibt es ein Klo in der Nähe?
Gibt es in der Nähe eine Toilette?
Здесь поблизости есть туалет?
Тут є туалет неподалік?
Meaning
2 sensesThe left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
(Derbyshire, dialectal, rare)Kidney.
Examples
2698 sentencesIs there a toilet near here?
Тут є туалет неподалік?
ruЗдесь поблизости есть туалет?
deGibt es eine Toilette in der Nähe?
Is there a bank near here?
Тут є банк десь недалеко?
ruЗдесь поблизости есть банк?
deGibt es eine Bank hier in der Nähe?
Is there a hospital near here?
Тут поблизу є лікарня?
ruПоблизости есть больница?
deGibt es hier in der Nähe ein Krankenhaus?
My uncle lives near the school.
Мій дядько живе біля школи.
ruМой дядя живёт рядом со школой.
deMein Onkel wohnt in der Nähe der Schule.
We live near a big library.
Ми живемо поруч із великою бібліотекою.
ruМы живём рядом с большой библиотекой.
deWir wohnen in der Nähe einer großen Bibliothek.
Origin
From Middle English nere, ner, from Old English nēar (“nearer”, comparative of nēah (“nighFrom Middle English nere, ner, from Old English nēar (“nearer”, comparative of nēah (“nigh”), the superlative would become next), influenced by Old Norse nær (“near”), both originating from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz (“nearer”), comparative of the adverb *nēhw (“near”), from the adjective *nēhwaz, ultimately from Pre-Proto-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
From Middle English nēre, neere (“kidney, abdomen; (pl.) seat of emotions”), probably from unattested Old English *nēora, *nīora, from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic *neurô; but alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German nêre. Cognate with Scots nere, neir, German Niere, Dutch nier, Norwegian nyre, Icelandic nýra, and more distantly Latin nefronēs pl (Praeneste dialect), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós), all meaning both “kidney” and “testicle”.
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Forms
plural: nearsSynonyms
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1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- the nearest nearest
- nearest nearest
- the near future
- live near
- near future
- in the near
- near the window
- near my house
- live near the
- where's the nearest
- near the beach
- near the door