# nemen
## Drehu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nemen/

### Pronoun

nemen
* (interrogative) what

### References

* Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch nēmen, from Old Dutch neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-. Compare English nim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneːmə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ne‧men
* Rhymes: -eːmən

### Verb

nemen
* (transitive) to take, to take hold of, to grasp or grab
    Hij nam het boek van de tafel. ― He took the book from the table.
* (transitive) to take, to choose out of some options, to pick
    Ik neem de rode jurk. ― I'll take the red dress.
* (transitive) to take, to use a particular route or type of transport
    U moet de trein van 17.26 nemen. ― You must take the train (departing) at 5:26 PM.
    Neem jij vaak de fiets naar je werk? ― Do you often use a bicycle to get to work?
* (transitive) to take, to consume, to eat or drink
    Ik neem een kopje koffie. ― I'll have a cup of coffee.
* (transitive) to have sex with, to take, to fuck
    Hij probeerde haar te nemen zonder haar toestemming. ― He tried to take her without her consent.

#### Derived terms

* door de bank genomen
* nemer
* neembaar
* aannemen
* afnemen
* au sérieux nemen
* beetnemen
* benemen
* bij de neus nemen
* bijeennemen
* bijnemen
* de benen nemen
* de kuierlatten nemen
* dichtnemen
* dooreennemen
* doornemen
* een vlucht nemen
* ernstig nemen
* genemen
* gevangennemen
* heennemen
* innemen
* kennisnemen
* losnemen
* medenemen
* meenemen
* misnemen
* nanemen
* ondernemen
* ontnemen
* opnemen
* overnemen
* samennemen
* serieus nemen
* terugnemen
* thuisnemen
* toenemen
* tussennemen
* uiteennemen
* uitnemen
* vastnemen
* vernemen
* voorafnemen
* voorinnemen
* voornemen
* voortnemen
* vooruitnemen
* vrijnemen
* waarnemen
* wedernemen
* wederomnemen
* weernemen
* weeromnemen
* wegnemen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: neem
* Jersey Dutch: nême
* Negerhollands: neem
* Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name

### Anagrams

* menen, menne

## Hungarian
### Etymology

nem +‎ -en

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛmɛn]
* Hyphenation: ne‧men

### Noun

nemen
* superessive singular of nem

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-.

### Verb

nēmen
* to take
* to take hold of, to grasp
* to cut down (trees, plants), to harvest
* to pluck (fruits)
* to take away
* to elect, to appoint
* to receive, to accept

#### Derived terms

* benēmen
* genēmen
* vernēmen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: nemen
** Afrikaans: neem
** Jersey Dutch: nême
** Negerhollands: neem
** Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name
* Limburgish: naeme, nömme

### Further reading

* “nemen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nemen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German nëman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈnɛmən/

### Verb

nëmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimet, past tense nam, past participle genomen, past subjunctive næme, auxiliary hān)
* to take

#### Derived terms

* ūȥnëmen

#### Descendants

* German: nehmen

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “nëmen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon neman (“to take”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

### Pronunciation

* Stem vowel: ē²
** (originally) IPA: /nɪɛmən/
* Stem vowel: ē¹
** (by way of regularisation) IPA: /nɪəmən/

### Verb

nēmen
* to take

#### Descendants

* Low German: nehmen

## Old High German
### Verb

nëmēn
* third-person plural present subjunctive of nëman