näht

näht is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb nähen, meaning to sew. It is used with subjects such as er, sie, or es. For example: Er näht eine Naht in den Stoff (He sews a seam in the fabric). The verb Nähen refers to stitching fabric together, mending textiles, or attaching features such as buttons or zippers.

Infinitive and related forms: The base form is nähen. In present tense, the standard conjugation includes ich nähe, du nähst, er näht, wir nähen, ihr näht, sie nähen. The form näht thus follows the umlaut pattern seen in many related verb forms, where the stem vowel changes to ä in several present-tense forms.

Noun vs. verb: Naht (capitalized) is a noun meaning seam or stitch, and is etymologically related to the verb nähen. The two words are distinct parts of speech and differ in meaning, spelling, and capitalization, but share a common sewing-related root.

Usage notes: Nähen is widely used in everyday language as well as in crafts, tailoring, and garment production. It appears in many compound terms such as Nähanleitung (sewing instruction) or Nähmaschine (sewing machine). The present tense form näht commonly appears in ordinary narrative and instruction when describing a sewing action performed by a singular subject.

Etymology and related forms: Nähen derives from the Germanic family of sewing-related terms; its related noun Naht denotes the stitched line or seam. The verb’s forms reflect standard German conjugation patterns for verbs of its class, with the umlautal changes that appear in several present-tense forms.