taka

/[tɛaka]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,131

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

taka is aGermanverb. It means: an sich nehmen, entgegennehmen, ergreifen Pronounced [tɛaka].

Key facts for taka
PropertyValue
Headwordtaka
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[tɛaka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,131
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for taka is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɛaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,131 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 27 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for taka in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 taka, spelled T-A-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    an sich nehmen, entgegennehmen, ergreifen
  2. 2
    wegnehmen, stehlen
  3. 3
    ergreifen, festnehmen, verhaften
  4. 4
    (z. B. Festung, Land) einnehmen, erobern
  5. 5
    (Medizin) einnehmen
  6. 6
    schlachten, töten
  7. 7
    auswählen, aussuchen, wählen
  8. 8
    amputieren, abnehmen
  9. 9
    reichen
  10. 10
    aufnehmen können, fassen
  11. 11
    überwältigen, übermannen
  12. 12
    aufkaufen, ankaufen
  13. 13
    anstoßen, aufschlagen, sich stoßen
  14. 14
    auf Grund laufen, auflaufen, stranden
  15. 15
    hart treffen, betreffen, verletzen, wehtun, schaden
  16. 16
    wirken, bewirken, angreifen
  17. 17
    dauern, brauchen
  18. 18
    aufnehmen, verstehen, interpretieren
  19. 19
    (mit dem Infinitiv) anfangen, beginnen
  20. 20
    stehen
  21. 21
    flattern, schlagen, killen
  22. 22
    beim Angeln anbeißen
  23. 23
    saugen (wollen)
  24. 24
    dahinraffen
  25. 25
    etwas entnehmen (Blutprobe, Stichprobe …)
  26. 26
    etwas verlangen, etwas benötigen
  27. 27
    ergreifen, schmerzen

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,131 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taka"?
"taka" is spelled T-A-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛaka].
What does "taka" mean?
As a verb, "taka" means: an sich nehmen, entgegennehmen, ergreifen
How do you pronounce "taka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taka" is [tɛaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taka" come from?
"taka" 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.