taka
[tɛaka]
The verdict
“taka” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,131 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #60,131
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an sich nehmen, entgegennehmen, ergreifen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taka |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tɛaka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taka” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for taka is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, 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.
Zero misspellings are on record for taka in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is taka, spelled T-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1an sich nehmen, entgegennehmen, ergreifen
- 2wegnehmen, stehlen
- 3ergreifen, festnehmen, verhaften
- 4(z. B. Festung, Land) einnehmen, erobern
- 5(Medizin) einnehmen
- 6schlachten, töten
- 7auswählen, aussuchen, wählen
- 8amputieren, abnehmen
- 9reichen
- 10aufnehmen können, fassen
- 11überwältigen, übermannen
- 12aufkaufen, ankaufen
- 13anstoßen, aufschlagen, sich stoßen
- 14auf Grund laufen, auflaufen, stranden
- 15hart treffen, betreffen, verletzen, wehtun, schaden
- 16wirken, bewirken, angreifen
- 17dauern, brauchen
- 18aufnehmen, verstehen, interpretieren
- 19(mit dem Infinitiv) anfangen, beginnen
- 20stehen
- 21flattern, schlagen, killen
- 22beim Angeln anbeißen
- 23saugen (wollen)
- 24dahinraffen
- 25etwas entnehmen (Blutprobe, Stichprobe …)
- 26etwas verlangen, etwas benötigen
- 27ergreifen, schmerzen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “taka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tɛaka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.