entnahm

Entnahm is a German verb form, specifically the simple past (Präteritum) conjugation of entnehmen. It is used with a subject in the singular (first and third person: ich entnahm, er entnahm) to describe an action of taking something out or withdrawing it. The verb can also mean to extract or to deduce in certain contexts. The corresponding perfect tense is entnommen, and the present tense form is entnimmt.

The root entnehmen combines the prefix ent- with nehmen (to take). The prefix ent- conveys removal, extraction, or separation. The word is related to its noun form Entnahme, which denotes the act or process of taking out, drawing, or sampling. In medical language, Entnahme often refers to procedures such as drawing blood or collecting a specimen. In general prose, entnehmen can describe withdrawing items from a container, a collection, or a source, and it also appears in figurative uses like aus einem Bericht entnehmen (to deduce or infer from a report).

Examples illustrate its range: Der Arzt entnahm dem Patienten Blut. (The doctor drew blood from the patient.) Aus dem Bericht entnehmen wir, dass die Zahlen gestiegen sind. (From the report we can deduce that the numbers have risen.) Der Dieb entnahm dem Tresor Schmuckstücke. (The thief removed jewelry from the safe.)

See also Entnahme, the noun for the act of taking out, and entnehmen in related senses such as sampling, deduction, or extraction.