No. 8,257 in Dutch
genomen
"Genomen" means "taken" in English.
In a sentence
Ik heb de auto genomen om naar het werk te gaan.
I took the car to go to work.
In this sentence, 'genomen' is the past participle of the verb 'nemen' (to take), used in the present perfect tense to describe an action.
Het project wordt serieus genomen door het team.
The project is taken seriously by the team.
Here, 'genomen' is used in a passive construction to indicate the act of being taken seriously.
Alles in overweging genomen, hebben we een goede beslissing gemaakt.
All things considered, we made a good decision.
In this example, 'genomen' is part of an idiomatic expression meaning 'all things considered', derived from the past participle of 'nemen' used metaphorically.
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