mitnehmen

/[ˈmɪtˌneːmən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,833

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

mitnehmen is aGermanverb. It means: Personen oder Dinge persönlich oder mit eigenem Transportmittel zu einem Ort bringen Pronounced [ˈmɪtˌneːmən]. It ranks #3,833 in German word frequency. Often confused with mitzunehmen and mitgehen.

Key facts for mitnehmen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitnehmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪtˌneːmən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,833
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mitnehmen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for mitnehmen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪtˌneːmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,833 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for mitnehmen, with forms such as "imtnehmen", "mintehmen", and "mitenhmen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mitzunehmen", "mitgehen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is mitnehmen, spelled M-I-T-N-E-H-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personen oder Dinge persönlich oder mit eigenem Transportmittel zu einem Ort bringen
  2. 2
    behalten, zu seinem Besitz machen (beispielsweise kostenlose Ware)
  3. 3
    jemanden oder etwas so stark belasten, dass es negative Folgen hat

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imtnehmen,mintehmen,mitenhmen,mitnehemn,mitnehhmen,mitnehmenn,mitnehmmen,mitnehmne,mitnemhen,mitnhemen,mitnnehmen,mittnehmen,mmitnehmen,mtinehmen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mitnehmen

Misspelling Variants of "mitnehmen"

imtnehmen9mintehmen9mitenhmen9mitnehemn9mitnehhmen10mitnehmenn10mitnehmmen10mitnehmne9
Misspelling Variants of "mitnehmen"

Frequency rank: #3,833 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mitnehmen"?
"mitnehmen" is spelled M-I-T-N-E-H-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtˌneːmən].
What does "mitnehmen" mean?
As a verb, "mitnehmen" means: Personen oder Dinge persönlich oder mit eigenem Transportmittel zu einem Ort bringen
What words are commonly confused with "mitnehmen"?
"mitnehmen" is commonly confused with "mitzunehmen", "mitgehen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mitnehmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitnehmen" is [ˈmɪtˌneːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitnehmen" come from?
"mitnehmen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.