"heran" meaning in German

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      "expansion": "her + an",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From her + an.",
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      "expansion": "heran",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "word": "hinan"
        },
        {
          "word": "daran"
        },
        {
          "word": "hieran"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ran"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Come closer to me, boy!",
          "text": "Komm heran, Junge!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He sneaked up unobtrusively on her from behind.",
          "text": "Er schlich sich unauffällig von hinten an sie heran.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We crept nearer together and held a muttered consultation.",
          "ref": "1920, Ernst Jünger, In Stahlgewittern:",
          "text": "Wir schlängelten uns aneinander heran und führten im Hauchton eine hastige Unterhaltung.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "near, close to the speaker, over to (to the direction of the speaker or an object)"
      ],
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        ],
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          "close",
          "close"
        ],
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          "over",
          "over"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[hɛˈʁan]"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heran"
}

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      "word": "hinan"
    },
    {
      "word": "daran"
    },
    {
      "word": "hieran"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ran"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From her + an.",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "english": "Come closer to me, boy!",
          "text": "Komm heran, Junge!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He sneaked up unobtrusively on her from behind.",
          "text": "Er schlich sich unauffällig von hinten an sie heran.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We crept nearer together and held a muttered consultation.",
          "ref": "1920, Ernst Jünger, In Stahlgewittern:",
          "text": "Wir schlängelten uns aneinander heran und führten im Hauchton eine hastige Unterhaltung.",
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        }
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          "close",
          "close"
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          "over",
          "over"
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      "ipa": "[hɛˈʁan]"
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}