entnehmen

Entnehmen is a German verb with several related meanings centered on taking something away from a source or deriving information from it. The core senses are: to physically remove or withdraw something (from a container or a person); to take a sample or specimen (for analysis); and to infer or deduce something from evidence or a text.

In medical and scientific contexts, entnehmen is used for extracting material. Example: Der Arzt entnimmt dem Patienten Blut. The same verb can be used with other sources, for instance: Eine Probe wird dem Material entnommen. In analytical writing one can also say: Aus dem Bericht entnehmen wir, dass die Zahlen gestiegen sind.

Etymology and usage: Entnehmen consists of the stem nehmen with the prefix ent-, which conveys removal or extraction. It is a transitive verb and typically governs a direct object for what is taken and a source expressed with aus or with a dative pronoun for the person or source. The perfect tense is hat entnommen; the simple past is entnahm.

Grammatical notes: Common collocations include entnehmen aus dem Text, aus dem Bericht, dem Material etc., and entnehmen Blut from a patient. The verb is relatively formal and frequent in written German, including reports and medical language. Synonyms include ableiten and entziehen (with a slightly different nuance), or herausnehmen in specific contexts.