entnehme

Entnehmen is a German verb with several related meanings, including to take out or withdraw something, to extract or remove, and, in a figurative sense, to infer or deduce information from a source. In physical contexts it governs a direct object, as in eine Probe entnehmen (to take a sample). In textual or data contexts it is often used with aus, as in aus dem Text entnehmen, dass … (to infer from the text that …). The term is also used in scientific, medical, and legal language to describe the act of removing material or evidence.

Etymology and related forms: Entnehmen is formed from prefix ent- (away, removal) and nehmen (to take). The word has cognates in other Germanic languages and is part of a family of verbs that express extraction or deduction. The noun entnahme (die Entnahme) denotes withdrawal or extraction and is common in medical, laboratory, and logistical contexts.

Grammatical notes: The infinitive is entnehmen. Principal parts include entnehmen, entnahm (Präteritum), entnommen (Partizip II). In the present tense one finds ich entnehme, du entnimmst, er entnimmt, wir entnehmen, ihr entnehmt, sie entnehmen. The verb can take various objects or be followed by aus to indicate the source.

Usage and context: Entnehmen is widely used in science, medicine, research, and reporting. It can describe physically removing a sample, drawing conclusions from data, or extracting information from a document. The related noun Entnahme frequently appears in phrases such as Blutproben-Entnahme or Entnahme aus dem Text.