fast Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “nearly” is fast. Examples of "nearly" in use There are 2 examples of the German word for "nearly" being used: Recording English German Learn Nearly Headless Nick (the name of one of the ghosts in the Harry Potter books) Fast kopfloser Nick Learn It’s nearly half past two. Es ist fast halb drei. Learn Practice Lesson "nearly" Practice (2) Lesson Learn Lesson words nearly etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases Nearly Headless Nick (the name of one of the ghosts in the Harry Potter books) etc. View all lesson phrases Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech