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GERMAN VERB

wegnehmen

to take away

  • #488 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: weggenommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I take away
  2. du you take away
  3. er, sie, es he/she takes away
  4. wir we take away
  5. ihr you all take away
  6. sie, Sie they take away

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I took away
  2. du you took away
  3. er, sie, es he/she took away
  4. wir we took away
  5. ihr you all took away
  6. sie, Sie they took away

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have taken away
  2. du you have taken away
  3. er, sie, es he/she has taken away
  4. wir we have taken away
  5. ihr you all have taken away
  6. sie, Sie they have taken away

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will take away
  2. du you will take away
  3. er, sie, es he/she will take away
  4. wir we will take away
  5. ihr you all will take away
  6. sie, Sie they will take away

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would take away
  2. du you would take away
  3. er, sie, es he/she would take away
  4. wir we would take away
  5. ihr you all would take away
  6. sie, Sie they would take away

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du take away!
  2. ihr take away! (all of you)
  3. Sie take away! (formal)

How to use wegnehmen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Der Hund nimmt dem Kind immer das Spielzeug weg.

    The dog always takes the toy away from the child.

  2. Simple past

    Die Lehrerin nahm ihm das Handy weg.

    The teacher took his phone away.

  3. Perfect

    Wer hat mir meinen Stuhl weggenommen?

    Who took my chair away?

  4. Future

    Niemand wird dir dein Zimmer wegnehmen.

    Nobody is going to take your room away from you.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde den Kindern die Süßigkeiten wegnehmen.

    I'd take the sweets away from the children.

  6. Imperative

    Nimm bitte die Teller vom Tisch weg.

    Please clear the plates off the table.

Good to know

  • Jemandem etwas wegnehmen: the person it is taken from is in the dative.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.