ähneln

17th century, alteration of earlier ähnlichen, from Middle High German anelīchen, which is equivalent to ähnlich (“similar”) +‎ -en. The contemporary form is possibly based on the association of ähnlich with the etymologically unrelated Ahn (“ancestor”), thus derived as Ahn +‎ -eln; compare French s’apparenter à.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːnəln/, [ˈʔɛː.nl̩n], [ˈʔeː-], [-nəln]

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• Hyphenation: äh‧neln

ähneln (weak, third-person singular present ähnelt, past tense ähnelte, past participle geähnelt, auxiliary haben)

1. (with dative) to resemble, be or look similar to

   Synonyms: (character) ähnlich sein, (looks) ähnlich sehen

   Ich ähnle meinem Vater überhaupt nicht.

   I do not resemble my father at all.

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