hinnehmen

German

Etymology

hin- + nehmen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪn.neː.mən]
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  • Hyphenation: hin‧neh‧men

Verb

hinnehmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimmt hin, past tense nahm hin, past participle hingenommen, past subjunctive nähme hin, auxiliary haben)

  1. to accept (with resignation or reluctance, e.g. loss, etc)
    Verluste hinnehmen.to suffer losses.
    Kompromisse hinnehmen.to accept compromises.
  2. to take

Conjugation

Further reading

  • hinnehmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hinnehmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hinnehmen” in Duden online
  • hinnehmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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