Before you start
Meet nehmen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 13 meanings
- (transitive) to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
- (ditransitive) to take from
- (transitive) to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
- (transitive) to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally)
- (transitive) to capture, to arrest
- (transitive) to ingest (e.g. a pill)
Forms
How nehmen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | nehme | nahm |
| du | nimmst | nahmst |
| er/sie/es | nimmt | nahm |
| wir | nehmen | nahmen |
| ihr | nehmt | nahmt |
| Sie | nehmen | nahmen |
Partizip II genommen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich nehme den Bus zur Arbeit.I take the bus to work.present tense, main clause
- 2Sie hat meinen Stift genommen.She took my pen.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich bin froh, wenn du das Buch nimmst.I’m glad when you take the book.verb at the end after wenn
Verb family
Separable verbs built on nehmen
Add a prefix to nehmen and the meaning changes.
- annehmento accept, assume
- aufnehmento record, include
- zunehmento increase
- einnehmento take up, in
- vornehmento plan
- abnehmento decrease, reduce
- teilnehmento take part
- wahrnehmento perceive, detect
- mitnehmento take along
- festnehmento arrest, detain
- hinnehmento accept
- herausnehmento take out
- ausnehmento exempt, gut
- wegnehmento take away