| Wichtigste Übersetzungen |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (grab) | [etw] schnappen Vt |
| | | [etw] ergreifen Vt |
| | | nach [etw] greifen Vt |
| | She took the money and ran to the store. |
| | Sie schnappte das Geld und rannte ins Geschäft. |
| take [sth] to [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (transport, carry) | jdm [etw] bringen Vt |
| | He took the radio to his friend's house. |
| | Er brachte das Radio zum Haus seines Freundes. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (accept, receive) | [etw] akzeptieren Vt |
| | I refuse to take your money. |
| | Ich weigere mich dein Geld zu akzeptieren. |
| take [sth] vtr | (steal) | [etw] stehlen Vt |
| | | [etw] klauen Vt |
| | He didn't have the money to pay for the candy, so he just took it. |
| | Er hatte kein Geld, um für die Süßigkeiten zu bezahlen, also stahl er sie einfach. |
| take [sth] vtr | (snatch) | [etw] schnappen Vt |
| | The robber took my purse and ran away. |
| | Der Dieb schnappte meine Tasche und rannte weg. |
| take [sth] from [sb] vtr + prep | (snatch, confiscate) | jdm [etw] wegnehmen Vt |
| | (umgangssprachlich) | sich [etw] von jdm schnappen Vt |
| | | [etw] an sich nehmen Rdw |
| | His friend took the TV from him. |
| | Sein Freund nahm ihm den Fernseher weg. |
| take [sth] vtr | (serve yourself) | [etw] nehmen Vt |
| | Please, take a cake from the tray. |
| | Bitte nimm dir einen Kuchen vom Tablett. |
| take [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (convey, transport) | [etw/jmd] bringen Vt |
| | | [etw/jmd] begleiten Vt |
| | Will you take me to the bus station? |
| | Bringst du mich zur Bushaltestelle? |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (go by: form of transport) (Transport) | [etw] nehmen Vt |
| | | mit [etw] fahren Präp + Vi |
| | We took a taxi home at the end of the night. |
| | Am Ende des Abends nahmen wir ein Taxi. |
| take [sth] vtr | (require: time) | dauern Vi |
| | How long did it take? |
| | It took me all day to finish that job. |
| Zusätzliche Übersetzungen |
| take n | (fish, game caught) (Jagdfang) | Anteil Nm |
| | Your take is limited to three fish per month. |
| take n | slang (money: earnings, takings) | Einnahme Nf |
| Anmerkung: oft im Plural |
| | The take for tonight's show was three thousand dollars. |
| take n | (cinema: recording of a scene) (Film) | Aufnahme Nf |
| | OK, everybody. This is going to be our fifth take. Let's get it right now. Action! |
| take n | (sound recording) (Musik) | Aufnahme Nf |
| | The second take had too much bass. |
| your take on [sth] n | (opinion, view) | Meinung Nf |
| | What's your take on the issue? |
a take on [sth],
[sb]'s take on [sth] n | mainly US (version, interpretation) | die Interpretation von jemandem über etwas Rdw |
| | This movie is the director's take on the classic love story. |
| take⇒ vi | (machine: function) | funktionieren Vi |
| | We had to oil it four times before the machine would take. |
| take vi | informal (adhere) | festkleben Vi, sepa |
| | I couldn't get the stamp to take no matter how many times I licked it. |
| take vi | informal (work as desired) | funktionieren Vi |
| | | wirken Vi |
| | The serum doesn't always take the first time, and a second inoculation may be needed. |
| take vi | (plant: take root, grow) | wachsen Vi |
| | I do hope the lilac takes as I'd love a lilac hedge. |
| take vi | figurative (be established, absorbed) | verinnerlicht werden V Part Perf + Vi |
| | I've tried to learn a few words of Japanese but they just don't seem to take. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (get control) | ergreifen Vt |
| | The generals took power and exiled the President. |
| take [sth] vtr | (seize, capture) (Militär) | einnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | The army took the town after forty-eight hours of fighting. |
| take [sth] vtr | (fish, game: catch) (Jagd aller Art) | erlegen Vt |
| | | schießen Vt |
| | | fangen Vt |
| | We took ten brace of pheasants at the shoot. |
| take [sth] vtr | (move) | befördern Vt |
| | The conveyor belt takes the part to the next station. |
| take [sb]⇒ vtr | (arrest) | festnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | verhaften Vt |
| | The police took the criminal without any problems. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (form of payment: accept) (umgangssprachlich) | nehmen Vt |
| | (formell) | akzeptieren Vt |
| | Do you take credit cards? |
| take [sth] vtr | informal (cost) | kosten Vt |
| | How much will it take to buy this car? |
| take [sth] vtr | (money: win, earn) | gewinnen Vt |
| | He took thousands of dollars at the casino. |
| take [sth] vtr | (use, run on) | mit [etw] laufen Präp + Vi |
| | This camera takes long-life batteries. |
| take [sth] vtr | (sit down on) (Platz) | nehmen Vt |
| | Please come in and take a seat. |
| take [sb]⇒ vtr | (admit, accept) (Zutritt) | nehmen Vt |
| | | annehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | akzeptieren Vt, sepa |
| | We only take the most intelligent students in this college. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (enrol in, study) | belegen Vt |
| | I decided to take French next term. |
| take [sth] vtr | (wear: shoe size) (Schuhgröße) | tragen Vt |
| | I take a size six in boots, but a size five in shoes. |
| take [sth] vtr | (wear: clothing size) (Kleidung) | haben Vt |
| | | tragen Vt |
| | What size do you take? |
| take [sth] vtr | (ingest) (umgangssprachlich) | nehmen Vt |
| | | schlucken Vt |
| | He takes the medicine without complaining. |
| take [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (cheat, rob) (Slang: Raub) | beklauen Vt |
| | (Slang: Betrug) | abziehen Vt, sepa |
| | He realized that he had been taken when the camera he bought had no working parts inside. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (endure) | aushalten Vt, sepa |
| | | ertragen Vt |
| | I can't take it any more! Let me out of here! |
| take [sth] vtr | informal (require) | brauchen Vt |
| | What will it take to convince you? |
| take [sth] vtr | (amount: accept as payment) (Zahlung) | nehmen Vt |
| | | annehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | akzeptieren Vt |
| | Will you take three hundred pounds for the table? |
| take [sth] from [sth]⇒ vtr | (derive from) | nehmen Vt |
| | This musical takes its inspiration from a Shakespeare play. |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (bath, shower: use) (Bad) | nehmen Vt |
| | I am so dirty. I really need to take a bath. |
| take [sth] vtr | (use for flavour) | trinken Vi |
| | | essen Vi |
| | I take two sugars in my coffee. |
| take [sth] vtr | (go on: vacation) (Urlaub) | machen Vt |
| | We took a holiday in Argentina last year. |
| take⇒ vtr | (remove) | wegbringen Vt, sepa |
| | | entfernen Vt |
| | Have the binmen taken the rubbish yet? |
| | Haben die Müllmänner den Müll schon weggebracht? |
| take [sth]⇒ vtr | (kill, end: a life) | nehmen Vt |
| | The murderer has taken many lives. |
| take [sth] vtr | (game: capture) (Schach) | schlagen Vt |
| | (Brettspiel) | nehmen Vt |
| | He took one of his opponent's pawns in the chess game. |
| take [sth] vtr | (baseball: not swing) (Baseball) | nicht schlagen Part + Vt |
| | The batter always takes the first pitch. |
| take [sth] vtr | (do, sit: a test, exam) | einen Test schreiben VP |
| | | einen Test haben VP |
| | I'm taking my chemistry exam on Wednesday. |
| take [sth] vtr | (view in a certain way) | etwas aufnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas einordnen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas denken Vt |
| | I don't know how to take what you just said. |
| | This is important work; we need to take it seriously. |
| take [sth] vtr | (image: capture) | etwas schießen Vt |
| | | etwas machen Vt |
| | The photographer took several shots of the bride and groom. |
| | I always take loads of photos when I'm on holiday. |
| take [sth] vtr | (interpret) | verstehen Vt |
| | | auffassen Vt, sepa |
| | | interpretieren Vt |
| Anmerkung: followed by an adverb or adverbial phrase |
| | Don't take it like that! That's not what I meant. |
| | Verstehe das doch nicht falsch! So habe ich es nicht gemeint. |
| take [sth] from [sb] vtr + prep | (confiscate) | jmdm [etw] wegnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | The teacher took the magazine from the student. |
| take [sth] from [sth] vtr + prep | (extract, quote) | zitieren Vt |
| | This line of poetry is taken from Dante's Inferno. |