different between taken vs oaken

English

Etymology

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *?etacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *t?kanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?k?n/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n
• Hyphenation: tak?en

Adjective

taken (not comparable)

1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

   He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

2. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

   I can't ask her out, she's taken.

Translations

Verb

taken

1. past participle of take

Anagrams

• Kenta, tekan

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k?n
• IPA^(key): /?ta?k?(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch t?ken, from Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takan? (“to touch”).

Verb

taken

1. (archaic, dialectal) to take, to grasp
2. (archaic, dialectal) to touch

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

taken

1. Plural form of taak

Anagrams

• akten, kante, tanke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *takan, from Proto-Germanic *takan? (“to touch”).

Verb

t?ken

1. to take, to grab
2. to get, to achieve

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: taken
• Limburgish: take

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “taken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From late Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *t?kan? (“to touch, grasp”).

Alternative forms

• tak, take, takon, takke, tac, tacke, thake, to
• ta, tan, tane (Northern)
• tacen, tæcen (early)

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tok, past participle taken)

2. to take

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tak

Descendants

• English: take
• Northumbrian: tak, tyek
• Scots: tak, ta

References

• “t?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• take, takene, takun, takuth, teken
• tas, tase (Northern); ta, tan (northwest Midlands)

Verb

taken

1. present indicative/subjunctive plural of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• take, tak, takene, takenne, takine, takein, takon, takun, thaken, toke, token, tok, tane, tan, taked
• tain, taine, tone, ton, toine, tene (Northern); tain, taine (northeast Midlands)

Verb

taken

1. past participle of taken (“to take”)

Etymology 4

Noun

taken (plural takenes)

1. (Northern, early) Alternative form of token

Etymology 5

Verb

taken (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taked)

1. (Northern) Alternative form of toknen

Swedish

Noun

taken

1. definite plural of tak

Anagrams

• akten, naket, nekat, tanke

English

Etymology

From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ?cen, ?cen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aik?naz, equivalent to oak +? -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k'?n, IPA^(key): /??k.?n/
• Rhymes: -??k?n

Adjective

oaken (not comparable)

1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Translations

Anagrams

• Kanoé, Keano