vornehmen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯neːmən/
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Verb

vornehmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimmt vor, past tense nahm vor, past participle vorgenommen, past subjunctive nähme vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. to undertake
    • 1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, part 2, page 1320:
      Nach der Verfassung des vereinten Deutschland sind Handlungen, die geeignet sind und in der Absicht vorgenommen werden, das friedliche Zusammenleben der Völker zu stören, insbesondere die Führung eines Angriffskrieges vorzubereiten, verfassungswidrig und strafbar.
      According to the constitution of the united Germany, acts tending to and undertaken with the intent to disturb the peaceful relations between nations, especially to prepare for aggressive war, are unconstitutional and a punishable offence.
  2. (dative reflexive) to decide to do, plan to do (etwas something)
    • 2015, Tim Krohn, Nachts in Vals, Diogenes, published 2015, page 20:
      Obwohl Marlette sich vorgenommen hatte, wach zu bleiben, bis Maman zurück war, schlief sie ein.
      Although Marlette had planned to stay awake until Maman was back, she fell asleep.
  3. to hunch (one's shoulders)

Conjugation

Further reading

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