No. 72 in Icelandic

tekið

"Tekið" means "taken" in English.

In a sentence

Ég hef tekið þátt í keppninni.
I have participated in the competition.
Here, 'tekið' is used in the sense of 'participated,' as part of the phrase 'tekið þátt.'
Blaðið var tekið af borðinu.
The paper was taken off the table.
In this sentence, 'tekið' is used in the passive sense, indicating that the paper was removed.
Hann hafði tekið hlutina með sér.
He had taken the items with him.
'Tekið' expresses the action of taking or removing items, applied in a perfect tense form.

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