Which to use
“Nahmen” is a name and “nehme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- #1,674
- “nehme” frequency rank
- 4184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Nahmen | nehme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen |
Letter map: Nahmen vs nehme
Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and nehme apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Nahmen runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against nehme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Nahmen and nehme
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and nehmeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, classified as aname, pronounced […]. nehme is at rank #1,674, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈneːmə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 4184, this pair ranks #1,998,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs nehme
Shared letters: ehmn. Private to "Nahmen": a. Private to "nehme": -.
"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "nehme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Nahmen" and "nehme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Nahmen" vs "nehme" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nahmen" and "nehme".
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nehme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,998,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Nahmen" and "nehme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nahmen vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,998,365 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.