fortnehmen

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German

Etymology

From fort- +‎ nehmen. Compare Middle High German vürdernemen, fürdernemen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁtˌneːmən/
  • Hyphenation: fort‧neh‧men
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Verb

fortnehmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimmt fort, past tense nahm fort, past participle fortgenommen, past subjunctive nähme fort, auxiliary haben)

  1. to take away
    • 1901, Max Henning, Der Koran, 4:20 (with Yusuf Ali's translation)
      Und so ihr eine Gattin gegen eine andere eintauschen wollt und ihr habt der einen ein Talent gegeben, so nehmt nichts von ihm fort. Wolltet ihr es etwa fortnehmen in Verleumdung und offenbarer Sünde?
      But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had given the latter a whole treasure for dower, take not the least bit of it back: Would ye take it by slander and manifest wrong?

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