taken
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- //ˈteɪ.kn̩//
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
Adjektiv
- 1
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
- 2
umgangssprachlichIn a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.
Herkunft
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.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von takepast 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[…]