nehmen

to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)

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Meanings

Verb

to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
to take from
to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally)

Ich nehme ein Stück Kuchen.

I will take a piece of cake.

infinitive nehmen

he/she/it nimmt

simple past nahm

perfect hat genommen

takes + Akkusativ