German Verb Conjugations
NEHMEN: Conjugated in All Tenses

The German verb nehmen (to take) conjugated in all its tenses and moods

PRESENT TENSE • PRÄSENS

NEHMEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs

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Principal Parts: nehmen (nimmt) nahm genommen
Imperative (Commands): (du) Nimm! (ihr) Nehmt! Nehmen Sie!

NEHMEN
Present Tense - Präsens

Stem-Changing Verbs: The verb NEHMEN is both a stem-changing verb and an irregular (strong) verb. Notice the change from e to i in the du and er/sie/es present tense forms. The past participle is genommen.
DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
SINGULAR
ich nehme	I take/am taking
du nimmst	you take/are taking
er nimmt sie nimmt es nimmt	he takes/is taking she takes/is taking it takes/is taking
PLURAL
wir nehmen	we take/are taking
ihr nehmt	you (guys) take/are taking
sie nehmen	they take/are taking
Sie nehmen	you take/are taking
Examples:   Wir nehmen den Zug.   We're taking the train.   Er nimmt das Buch.   He's taking the book.
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