taken

tak·en
T1A1K5E1N1
/ˈteɪ.kn̩/

adjective

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

“I can't ask her out, she's taken.”

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interpretedunderstoodaffected
OriginMiddle English taken ← Old English tacen ← Old Norse tekinn →
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Meanings

adjectivetaken (not comparable)

alternative Scotland archaic dialectal ta'en · alternative Scotland archaic dialectal tane

  1. not comparableInfatuated; fond of or attracted to.

    He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

  2. informalnot comparableIn a serious romantic relationship.

    I can't ask her out, she's taken.

verb

alternative Scotland archaic dialectal ta'en · alternative Scotland archaic dialectal tane

  1. participlepastpast participle of take

    No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]

    1662, John Baxter, A Saint Or a Brute […] , page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveunderstood in a certain way; made sense of

Similar
interpretedunderstood

adjectivebe affected with an indisposition

Similar
affected
Also see
besottedinfatuatedinterpretedloved-upsprungtwitterpatedunderstood

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*tēkaną“to take; grasp; touch”
  2. Proto-Germanic*tēkanaz
  3. Old Norsetekinn
  4. Old Englishtacen
  5. Middle Englishtaken
  6. Englishtaken

From 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. Morphologically take + -n.

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Translations

Czech zaujatý, zadaný
  • zaujatýinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • zadanýinformal: in a relationship
  • zadanáinformal: in a relationship
Finnish pihkassa, varattu
  • pihkassainfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • varattuinformal: in a relationship
German ergriffen, eingenommen
  • ergriffeninfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • eingenommeninfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • vergebeninformal: in a relationship
Italian infatuato, attratto
  • infatuatoinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • attrattoinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • coinvoltoinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • impegnatoinformal: in a relationship
  • coinvoltoinformal: in a relationship
Norwegian betatt, opptatt
  • betattinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • opptattinformal: in a relationship
Polish zajęty, zajęta
  • zajętyinformal: in a relationship
  • zajętainformal: in a relationship
Swedish förtjust, intagen
  • förtjustinfatuated, fond of or attracted to
  • intageninfatuated, fond of or attracted to

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with taken

mistakenJamaicanAikenshakenawakenforsakenovertakenmakenkrakenakenwakenfaconnakenracon
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Anagrams

KentaKanteKatentekan
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APA

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MLA

“taken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taken. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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