# taken
## English
### 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: /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

* taken aback

#### Translations
### 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 […]

### Anagrams

* Kenta, tekan

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːkən
* IPA: /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

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

taken
* 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
* 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 Middle English)

#### 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

$^1$ Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### 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
* 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
* past participle of taken (“to take”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

taken (plural takenes)
* (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)
* (Northern) Alternative form of toknen

## Swedish
### Noun

taken
* definite plural of tak

### Anagrams

* akten, naket, nekat, tanke