entgegennehmen
German, verb[ʔɛnt.ˈɡeː.ɡən.ˌneːmən]
entgegennehmen is spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-N-E-H-M-E-N (14 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entgegennehmen is a German verb meaning “to receive (to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to be given something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “materielle oder immaterielle Dinge in Empfang nehmen”.
What does entgegennehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to receive (to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to be given something)
Schmiergelder entgegennehmen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. materielle oder immaterielle Dinge in Empfang nehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entgegennehmen
- nimmt entgegen present singular third-person
- nahm entgegen past
- entgegengenommen participle past
- nähme entgegen past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- entgegennehmend participle present
- entgegenzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme entgegen first-person indicative present
- nehmen entgegen first-person indicative plural
- nimmst entgegen indicative present second-person
- nehmt entgegen indicative plural present
- nehmest entgegen second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet entgegen plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen entgegen first-person indicative plural
- nähmen entgegen first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst entgegen indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt entgegen indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entgegennehmen?
- [ʔɛnt.ˈɡeː.ɡən.ˌneːmən]
- [ʔɛnt.ˈɡeː.ɡŋ̩.ˌneːmən]
- [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌneːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entgegennehmen in German?
entgegennehmen appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).