The parametric geometry of numbers of Schmidt and Summerer deals with rational approximation to points in $\mathbb{ R}^n$. We extend this theory to a number field $K$ and its completion $K_w$ at a place $w$ in order to treat approximation over $K$ to points in $K_w^n$. As a consequence, we find that exponents of approximation over $\mathbb{ Q}$ in $\mathbb{ R}^n$ have the same spectrum as their generalizations over $K$ in $K_w^n$. When $w$ has relative degree one over a place $\ell$ of $\mathbb{ Q}$, we further relate approximation over $K$ to a point $\boldsymbol{ \xi}$ in $K_w^n$, to approximation over $\mathbb{ Q}$ to a point $\Xi$ in $\mathbb{ Q}_\ell^{ nd}$, obtained by extension of scalars, where $d$ is the degree of $K$ over $\mathbb{ Q}$. By combination with a result of Bel, this allows us to construct algebraic curves in $\mathbb{ R}^{ 3d}$ defined over $\mathbb{ Q}$, of degree $2d$, containing points that are very singular with respect to rational approximation.
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