taken
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.
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 her out, she's taken.
Derived terms
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːkən
- IPA(key): /ˈtaːkə(n)/
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch, grasp; take”).
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *takaną (“to touch, grasp; take”).
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- 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
Verb
taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tok, past participle Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))
- 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
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
References
- “tāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.