nemen

• IPA^(key): /nemen/

nemen

1. (interrogative) what

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From Middle Dutch nēmen, from Old Dutch neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-. Compare English nim.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːmə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ne‧men
• Rhymes: -eːmən

nemen

1. (transitive) to take, to take hold of, to grasp or grab

   Hij nam het boek van de tafel. ― He took the book from the table.

2. (transitive) to take, to choose out of some options, to pick

   Ik neem de rode jurk. ― I'll take the red dress.

3. (transitive) to take, to use a particular route or type of transport

   U moet de trein van 17.26 nemen. ― You must take the train (departing) at 5:26 PM.

   Neem jij vaak de fiets naar je werk? ― Do you often use a bicycle to get to work?

4. (transitive) to take, to consume, to eat or drink

   Ik neem een kopje koffie. ― I'll have a cup of coffee.

5. (transitive) to have sex with, to take, to fuck

   Hij probeerde haar te nemen zonder haar toestemming. ― He tried to take her without her consent.

• Afrikaans: neem
• Jersey Dutch: nême
• Negerhollands: neem
• Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name

• menen, menne

nem +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛmɛn]
• Hyphenation: ne‧men

nemen

1. superessive singular of nem

From Old Dutch neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.

nēmen

1. to take
2. to take hold of, to grasp
3. to cut down (trees, plants), to harvest
4. to pluck (fruits)
5. to take away
6. to elect, to appoint
7. to receive, to accept

• benēmen
• genēmen
• vernēmen

• Dutch: nemen
  • Afrikaans: neem
  • Jersey Dutch: nême
  • Negerhollands: neem
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name
• Limburgish: naeme, nömme

• “nemen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nemen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Inherited from Old High German nëman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnɛmən/

nëmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimet, past tense nam, past participle genomen, past subjunctive næme, auxiliary hān)

1. to take

• ūȥnëmen

• German: nehmen

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “nëmen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

From Old Saxon neman (“to take”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

• Stem vowel: ē²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /nɪɛmən/
• Stem vowel: ē¹
  • (by way of regularisation) IPA^(key): /nɪəmən/

nēmen

1. to take

• Low German: nehmen

nëmēn

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of nëman