Before you start
Meet hinnehmen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
hin- + nehmen
- hin-
- toward a point away from the speaker; here, taking something as it comes
- nehmen
- to take
You take an unpleasant situation as it comes and bear it.
So hinnehmen means to accept or put up with.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on nehmen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- annehmento accept, assume
- aufnehmento record, include
- zunehmento increase
- einnehmento take up, in
- vornehmento plan
- abnehmento decrease, reduce
- teilnehmento take part
- wahrnehmento perceive, detect
Separable verb: hin·nehmen
In a main clause the prefix hin splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseWir nehmen das nicht hin.We don’t accept that.
Subordinate clauseSie bleibt ruhig, weil sie den Verlust hinnimmt.She stays calm because she accepts the loss.
Participle: hingenommenzu-infinitive: hinzunehmen
Forms
How hinnehmen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | nehme hin | nahm hin |
| du | nimmst hin | nahmst hin |
| er/sie/es | nimmt hin | nahm hin |
| wir | nehmen hin | nahmen hin |
| ihr | nehmt hin | nahmt hin |
| Sie | nehmen hin | nahmen hin |
Partizip II hingenommen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich nehme seine Antwort nicht hin.I don’t accept his answer.present, prefix at the end
- 2Sie hat den Fehler einfach hingenommen.She simply accepted the mistake.Perfekt with haben
- 3Er sagt, dass wir den hohen Preis hinnehmen müssen.He says that we have to accept the high price.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hinnehmen + der Fehler
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Include der Fehler as the thing you accept.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I accepted the longlang waitdie Wartezeit.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the busder Bus was latespät, we accepted it and went homedas Zuhause.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She accepted the badschlecht newsdie Nachricht because she could not changeändern it.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I know a womandie Frau who accepts unfairungerecht rulesdie Regel, die Regeln at workdie Arbeit.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He had to accept the changedie Änderung, although he did not likemögen it.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I tried to accept the noiseder Lärm in order to sleepschlafen.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you accept this mistakeder Fehler if your friendder Freund, die Freunde made it?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hinnehmen + der Lärm + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Include der Lärm as the thing you put up with.
- 3Use the present tense.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What small problem do you accept in your everyday life?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence about an everyday problem.
- 2Use hinnehmen in the present tense.