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5-letter words (1 found)

TAKEN,

4-letter words (11 found)

ANTE,ETNA,KANE,KANT,KENT,KETA,NEAT,TAKE,TANE,TANK,TEAK,

3-letter words (21 found)

AKE,ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ETA,KAE,KAT,KEA,KEN,KET,NAE,NAT,NEK,NET,TAE,TAK,TAN,TEA,TEN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,KA,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 45 words from taken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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taken atken tkaen ktaen akten katen taekn atekn teakn etakn aetkn eatkn tkean ktean tekan etkan ketan ektan aketn kaetn aektn eaktn keatn ekatn takne atkne tkane ktane aktne katne tanke atnke tnake ntake antke natke tknae ktnae tnkae ntkae kntae nktae aknte kante ankte nakte knate nkate taenk atenk teank etank aetnk eatnk tanek atnek tnaek ntaek antek natek tenak etnak tneak nteak entak netak aentk eantk anetk naetk enatk neatk tkena ktena tekna etkna ketna ektna tknea ktnea tnkea ntkea kntea nktea tenka etnka tneka nteka entka netka kenta eknta kneta nketa enkta nekta akent kaent aeknt eaknt keant ekant aknet kanet anket naket knaet nkaet aenkt eankt anekt naekt enakt neakt kenat eknat kneat nkeat enkat nekat

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Definitions and meaning of taken

taken

Alternative forms

  • ta'en, tane (archaic, dialectal, Scotland)

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/
  • Rhymes: -eɪkən
  • Hyphenation: tak‧en

Adjective

taken (not comparable)

  1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
  2. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

Derived terms

  • taken aback

Translations

Verb

taken

  1. past participle of take

Anagrams

  • Kenta, tekan

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • 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

  1. (archaic, dialectal) to take, to grasp
  2. (archaic, dialectal) to touch
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taken

  1. plural 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

  1. to take, to grab
  2. 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 Middle English)

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tok, past participle taken)

  2. to take
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • tak
Descendants
  • English: take
  • Geordie English: tyek
  • Scots: tak, ta
  • Yola: taake

References

  • “tāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • take, takene, takun, takuth, teken
  • tas, tase (Northern); ta, tan (northwest Midlands)

Verb

taken

  1. present indicative/subjunctive plural of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 3

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

  1. past participle of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 4

Noun

taken (plural takenes)

  1. (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of token

Etymology 5

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takende, takynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taked)

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of toknen

Swedish

Noun

taken

  1. definite plural of tak

Anagrams

  • akten, naket, nekat, tanke

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