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taken
- /ˈteɪ.kn̩/
Rhymes with -eɪkən
Where it comes from
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.
adjective ta'en · tane
- Infatuated; fond of or attracted to. He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
- In a serious romantic relationship. I can't ask her out, she's taken.
verb ta'en · tane
- past participle of take 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[…]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: affected, arrogated, assumed, condemned, understood, stolen, confiscate, appropriated, confiscated, embezzled, expropriated, interpreted, purloined, seized, taken over, usurped
Translations
Talk about this word "taken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taken. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. taken. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taken "taken." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taken.Cite this
@misc{taken_2026,
title = {taken},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taken},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
