German VERB B1 Rank 6039

ähneln

to resemble

ähneln – ähnelte – hat geähnelt

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry ähneln, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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ähneln vs ähnlich

similar

“Ähnlich” is an adjective and describes the state of two people or things being similar. “Ähneln” is a verb and forms the predicate itself; the person or thing being compared with is in the dative. Choose “sein” or “ähneln” depending on the sentence structure.

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ähneln

Das Porträt ähnelt seiner Schwester sehr.

The portrait closely resembles her sister.

ähnlich

Das Porträt ist seiner Schwester sehr ähnlich.

The portrait is very similar to her sister.

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