Polyglot Dictionary

anteilnehmen

/ˈantaɪ̯lˌneːmən/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
nimmt Anteil
past
nahm Anteil
perfect
hat Anteil genommen

Meaning

  1. to sympathise

    Built from Anteil (share, part) + nehmen (to take).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • Anteil share, part
  • nehmen to take

Similar words

mitfühlen

Mitfühlen is the everyday, emotional word for empathizing; Anteil nehmen is a set phrase, a bit more formal, often used to express condolences after a loss.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

condolerse

condolerse is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to sympathise."

Practice

1 What does anteilnehmen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir nehmen an eurer Trauer ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches anteilnehmen?

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