takten
German, verb
takten is spelled T-A-K-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Takten is a German verb meaning “to clock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Takten is a different word: “gerund of takten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlich in Impulse, Schritte, Teilaufgaben (Takte) unterteilen”.
What does takten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clock
noun
- 1
neutergerund of takten
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Takt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zeitlich in Impulse, Schritte, Teilaufgaben (Takte) unterteilen 2. in kurze Zeiträume (Takte) gliedern, in denen jeweils etwas abgearbeitet wird
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 takten
- taktet present singular third-person
- taktete past
- getaktet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- taktend participle present
- takte first-person indicative present
- taktest indicative present second-person
- takteten first-person indicative plural
- taktetest indicative preterite second-person
- taktetet indicative plural preterite
- takt imperative second-person singular
- habe getaktet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getaktet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- takte! imperative singular
- taktet! imperative plural
- getaktet haben active infinitive perfect
- getaktet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- getaktet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is takten in German?
takten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).