mitnehmen

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German

Etymology

From mit- +‎ nehmen; cognate with Hunsrik mitnemme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtˌneːmən/
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Verb

mitnehmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimmt mit, past tense nahm mit, past participle mitgenommen, past subjunctive nähme mit, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to take with; to carry along
  2. (transitive) to pick up; to keep
  3. (transitive) to take away
    Meine Frau hat mich verlassen und die Kinder mitgenommen.
    My wife left me and took the kids away.
  4. (transitive, colloquial, also figuratively) to damage something; to drain or hurt someone (physically or emotionally)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • mitnehmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mitnehmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mitnehmen” in Duden online
  • mitnehmen” in OpenThesaurus.de