  CeNi$_{9}$Ge$_4$ exhibits unusual non-Fermi liquid behavior with the largest
ever recorded value of the electronic specific heat $\Delta C/T \cong 5.5$
JK$^{-2}$mol$^{-1}$ without showing any evidence of magnetic order. Specific
heat measurements show that the logarithmic increase of the Sommerfeld
coefficient flattens off below 200 mK. In marked contrast, the local
susceptibility $\Delta\chi$ levels off well above 200 mK and already becomes
constant below 1 K. Furthermore, the entropy reaches 2$R$ln2 below 20 K
corresponding to a four level system. An analysis of $C$ and $\chi$ was
performed in terms of an $SU(N=4)$ single impurity Anderson model with
additional crystal electric field (CEF) splitting. Numerical renormalization
group calculations point to a possible consistent description of the different
low temperature scales in $\Delta c$ and $\Delta \chi$ stemming from the
interplay of Kondo effect and crystal field splitting.
