taken

See also: tåken

English

Etymology

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English *tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *takanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to take; grasp; touch”); equivalent to take +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪkən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪkən
  • Hyphenation: tak‧en

Adjective

taken (not comparable)

  1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
    He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
  2. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
    I can't ask her out, she's taken.

Translations

Verb

taken

  1. past participle of take

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːkən
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːkə(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tāken, from Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch”).

Verb

taken

  1. (archaic, dialectal) to take, to grasp
  2. (archaic, dialectal) to touch
Inflection
Inflection of taken (weak)
infinitive taken
past singular taakte
past participle getaakt
infinitive taken
gerund taken n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular taak taakte
2nd person sing. (jij) taakt taakte
2nd person sing. (u) taakt taakte
2nd person sing. (gij) taakt taakte
3rd person singular taakt taakte
plural taken taakten
subjunctive sing.1 take taakte
subjunctive plur.1 taken taakten
imperative sing. taak
imperative plur.1 taakt
participles takend getaakt
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

taken

  1. Plural form of taak

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch”).

Verb

tāken

  1. to take, to grab
  2. to get, to achieve

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “taken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Swedish

Noun

taken

  1. definite plural of tak
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