| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ich kann die Verzückung herannahen spüren, wie eine Welle. | I can feel the rapture approaching, like a wave. |
| Der eine mit der Macht, den Dunklen Lord zu besiegen, naht heran. | The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. |
| Ein Geisterwesen naht heran. | Some specter approaches. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | afrohem | Arabic | نهج,هدف |
| Azeri | yaxınlaşmaq | Dutch | benaderen, nabijkomen, naderen |
| English | approach | Esperanto | alproksimiĝi |
| Faroese | náa | Finnish | lähestyä |
| French | aborder, approcher, s’aborgner | Greek | πλησιάζω, προσεγγίζω |
| Hebrew | התקרב, ניגש, קרב | Hungarian | közelít, megközelít |
| Indonesian | dekati, mendekati, menjelang | Italian | accostare, appressare, appressarsi, approcciare, appropinquarsi, approssimare, raccostare |
| Japanese | アプローチ, 寄せる, 近寄る, 近接, 近付く, 迫る | Latvian | pienākt |
| Lithuanian | artėti, artintis, priartėti, prieiti, prisiartinti, užkalbinti | Macedonian | пријде, пристапи, се приближува |
| Norwegian | nærme, tilnærme | Polish | podchodzić, zbliżyć |
| Portuguese | acercar, aproximar | Quechua | asuy, asuykuy, chimpay |
| Romanian | apropia | Russian | надвигаться, надвинуться, подойти, подступать, подступить, сближаться, сблизиться |
| Spanish | aproximarse, frisar | Swedish | approchera, nalkas, närma, närvara |
| Turkish | yaklaşılmak, yaklaşmak, yanaşmak | Vietnamese | áp, tiếp cận |