NahmenvsnehmenWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Nahmen is a name, nehmen is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Nahmen” is a name and “nehmen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
#323
“nehmen” frequency rank
2833
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nahmen nehmen
Definition männlicher Vorname eine Sache greifen

Letter map: Nahmen vs nehmen

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and nehmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
Nahmen
6 ch
nehmen

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and nehmenaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “Nahmen” becomes e in “nehmen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, classified as aname, pronounced […]. nehmen is at rank #323, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈneːmən].

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 2833, this pair ranks #2,001,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs nehmen

Shared letters: ehmn. Private to "Nahmen": a. Private to "nehmen": -.

"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "nehmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen
  • nehmenenhmen · nehemn · nehhmen · nehmenn · nehmmen · nehmne · nemhen · nhemen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nahmen" and "nehmen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nahmen" is a name and "nehmen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Nahmen" or "nehmen"?
"nehmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #323 in our German list, against #2,510 for "Nahmen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list