nehmen

Meaning

(class-4,strong,transitive) to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
(class-4,ditransitive,strong) to take from
(class-4,strong,transitive) to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
(class-4,strong,transitive) to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally)
(class-4,strong,transitive) to capture, to arrest
(class-4,strong,transitive) to ingest (e.g. a pill)
(class-4,strong,transitive) to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position)
(class-4,dative,reflexive,strong,transitive) to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose)
(class-4,strong,transitive) To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect.
(class-4,reflexive,strong) to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state)
(class-4,strong,transitive) to seize, to capture
(class-4,strong,transitive) to receive, to accept
(class-4,strong,transitive) to foul

take

grab

grasp

choose

catch

select

grip

hold

seize

name

capture

have

pick

grab onto

hunt

occupy

receive

take hold of

utilize

pick out

elect

taken

pick up

remove

engage

take on

attend

command

put into order

bring

wreak

regain

fill

take down

consume

ingest

take in

nail

get hold of

negotiate

arrest

clutch

prehend

earn

gain

get

marry

obtain

yield

Frequency

Hyphenated as

neh‧men

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneːmən/

Inherited from Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take ones due”). Cognate with Low German nehmen (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), English nim (“to take, filch”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”), Swedish förnimma (“to perceive”). More at nim.