taken
English
Etymology
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.
Morphologically take + -n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteɪkən/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪkən
- Hyphenation: tak‧en
Adjective
taken (not comparable)
- Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
- He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
- (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
- I can't ask him out, she's taken.
Derived terms
- taken aback
Translations
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Verb
taken
- past participle of take
- 1662, John Baxter, A Saint Or a Brute […] , page 26:
- No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief […]
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Anagrams
- Kenta, tekan
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːkən
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːkə(n)/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch tāken, from Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch, grasp; take”).
Verb
taken
- (archaic, dialectal) to take, to grasp
- (archaic, dialectal) to touch
Inflection
| Inflection of taken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taken | |||
| past singular | taakte | |||
| past participle | getaakt | |||
| infinitive | taken | |||
| gerund | taken n | |||
| 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 the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
taken
- Plural form of taak
Anagrams
- akten, kante, tanke
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch, grasp; take”).
Verb
tāken
- to take, to grab
- to get, to achieve
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: taken
- Limburgish: take
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “taken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From late Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch, grasp”).
Alternative forms
- tak, take, takon, takke, tac, tacke, thake, to
- ta, tan, tane (Northern)
- tacen, tæcen (early)
Verb
taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tok, past participle taken)
- to take
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 33-34:
- And made forward erly for to ryse / To take our wey, ther as I yow devyse.
- And made agreement that we'd early rise / To take the road, as I will to you apprise.
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) taken, take | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | take | tok | |
| 2nd-person singular | takest | toke, tok | |
| 3rd-person singular | taketh | tok | |
| subjunctive singular | take | toke1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | taken, take | token, toke | |
| imperative plural | taketh, take | — | |
| participles | takynge, takende | taken, take, ytaken, ytake | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
- tak
Descendants
- English: take
- Northumbrian: tak, tyek
- Scots: tak, ta
- Yola: taake
References
- “tāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Alternative forms
- take, takene, takun, takuth, teken
- tas, tase (Northern); ta, tan (northwest Midlands)
Verb
taken
- present indicative/subjunctive plural of taken (“to take”)
Alternative forms
- take, tak, takene, takenne, takine, takein, takon, takun, thaken, toke, token, tok, tane, tan, taked
- tain, taine, tone, ton, toine, tene (Northern); tain, taine (northeast Midlands)
Verb
taken
- past participle of taken (“to take”)
Noun
taken (plural takenes)
- (Northern, early) Alternative form of token
Verb
taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takende, takynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taked)
- (Northern) Alternative form of toknen
Swedish
Noun
taken
- definite plural of tak
Anagrams
- akten, naket, nekat, tanke