taken
tak·en
eingenommen, ergriffen
Infatuated; fond of or attracted toInfatuated; fond of or attracted to.
/ˈteɪ.kn̩/
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
ergriffen, eingenommen
(informal, not comparable)In a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.
vergeben
More definitions
- be affected with an indisposition
- understood in a certain way; made sense of
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
infatuated, fond of or attracted to:
informal: in a relationship:
Origin
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinnFrom Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- understood in a certain way; made sense of:interpreted