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Meet entnehmen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 3 meanings

  1. (formal) to take out, to remove (from a container or receptacle, into one's possession)
  2. to take, to draw, to extract (from a source)
  3. to learn from, to conclude, to tell (a fact or conclusion from the observation or perusal of something)
Forms

How entnehmen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichentnehmeentnahm
duentnimmstentnahmst
er/sie/esentnimmtentnahm
wirentnehmenentnahmen
ihrentnehmtentnahmt
Sieentnehmenentnahmen

Partizip II entnommen · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Ich entnehme dem Brief seine Adresse.I take his address from the letter.take information from something
  2. 2
    Sie hat dem Topf eine Kartoffel entnommen.She took a potato out of the pot.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Ich kann dem Brief entnehmen, dass er morgen kommt.I can tell from the letter that he is coming tomorrow.infer something from a letter

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