Synonyms: lay hold of, pick up, get
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /teɪ̯k/ |
| Hyphenation | take |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑑𐑱𐑒 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) take | (I) took |
| (thou) takest | (thou) tookst, tookest |
| (he) takes, taketh | (he) took |
| (we) take | (we) took |
| (you) take | (you) took |
| (they) take | (they) took |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) take | (I) took |
| (thou) take | (thou) took |
| (he) take | (he) took |
| (we) take | (we) took |
| (you) take | (you) took |
| (they) take | (they) took |
| Imperative mood | |
| take | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| taking | taken |
| Afrikaans | neem |
|---|---|
| Catalan | agafar; prendre |
| Czech | bráti |
| Danish | tage |
| Dutch | nemen; pakken; vatten |
| Esperanto | preni |
| Faeroese | taka |
| Finnish | ottaa |
| French | prendre |
| German | fassen; nehmen |
| Greek (Old Greek) | αἱρέω |
| Hungarian | vesz |
| Italian | prendere |
| Jamaican Patois | tek |
| Latin | capere |
| Low German | nömmen; neamen |
| Malay | ambil |
| Norwegian | ta |
| Papiamento | tuma |
| Polish | brać |
| Portuguese | tomar |
| Romanian | lua |
| Russian | брать; взять |
| Saterland Frisian | foatje; nieme; pakje |
| Scots | tak; tae |
| Scottish Gaelic | gabh; thoir |
| Spanish | coger; tomar |
| Sranan | teki |
| Swedish | ta; taga |
| Thai | เอา |
| Turkish | almak |
| West Frisian | nimme |
| Yiddish | נעמען |