nehmen
to take
Ranks #115 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.
- Type
- verb
- Frequency rank
- #115
- Per million words
- 665
In a sentence
Ich nehme den Bus.I take the bus.
Conjugation
Present tense of nehmen, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.
| ich — I | nehme |
|---|---|
| du — you | nimmst |
| er/sie/es — he / she / it | nimmt |
| wir — we | nehmen |
| ihr — you (plural) | nehmt |
| sie — they | nehmen |
| Perfect | hat genommen |
| Simple past | nahm |
Forms its perfect tense with haben.
nehmen is a stem-changing verb: the vowel shifts in the du and er/sie/es forms. Those two are worth memorising separately.
Related words
Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:
- wissen to know (a fact)
- sprechen to speak
- denken to think
- verstehen to understand
- essen to eat
- trinken to drink
Practise this word
nehmen is in the free trainer along with the rest of the list — flashcards, multiple choice, listening practice and spaced review. No account needed.