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Meet herausnehmen

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All 3 meanings

  1. (transitive) to take out something or someone (of something)
  2. (transitive) to remove
  3. (reflexive) to take the liberty
Build the meaning

heraus- + nehmen

heraus-
outward from inside toward the speaker or a point of reference
nehmen
to take

Take something from inside and bring it out.

So herausnehmen means to take out; to remove.

A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.

Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.

Separable verb: heraus·nehmen

In a main clause the prefix heraus splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.

Main clauseEr nimmt das Buch aus dem Regal heraus.He takes the book out of the shelf.
Subordinate clauseIch bleibe hier, weil sie den Kuchen herausnimmt.I’m staying here because she is taking the cake out.
Participle: herausgenommenzu-infinitive: herauszunehmen
Forms

How herausnehmen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichnehme herausnahm heraus
dunimmst herausnahmst heraus
er/sie/esnimmt herausnahm heraus
wirnehmen herausnahmen heraus
ihrnehmt herausnahmt heraus
Sienehmen herausnahmen heraus

Partizip II herausgenommen · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Ich nehme das Brot aus dem Ofen heraus.I take the bread out of the oven.prefix goes to the end
  2. 2
    Sie hat den Schlüssel aus der Tasche herausgenommen.She took the key out of the bag.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Du musst die Flasche herausnehmen, bevor du die Tasche schließt.You have to take the bottle out before you close the bag.infinitive after a modal
Verb family

More verbs built on nehmen

Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.

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