übelnehmen
German, verb
übelnehmen is spelled Ü-B-E-L-N-E-H-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übelnehmen is a German verb meaning “to resent, to take offense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Übelnehmen is a different word: “gerund of übelnehmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas nachtragen, ihm böse sein”.
What does übelnehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to resent, to take offense
noun
- 1
neutergerund of übelnehmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas nachtragen, ihm böse sein
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 übelnehmen
- nimmt übel present singular third-person
- nahm übel past
- übelgenommen participle past
- nähme übel past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- übelnehmend participle present
- übelzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme übel first-person indicative present
- nehmen übel first-person indicative plural
- nimmst übel indicative present second-person
- nehmt übel indicative plural present
- nehmest übel second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet übel plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen übel first-person indicative plural
- nähmen übel first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst übel indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt übel indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is übelnehmen in German?
übelnehmen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).