kennen
Cornish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Revived Late Cornish) kednen
Etymology
[edit]From kenn (“peel, scum, skin”) + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [kɛnːɛn]
Noun
[edit]kennen m (plural kennow)
Mutation
[edit]Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
kennen | gennen | hennen | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch kennen, from Old Dutch kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Verb
[edit]kennen
- (transitive) to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with, to have knowledge of the properties of a particular person, object or concept, through personal experience, teaching, practice, or habit
- Lars kent Emma, weet je dat? — Ja, ik weet dat Lars Emma kent.
- Lars knows Emma, do you know? - Yes, I know that Lars knows Emma.
- Ik ken Rusland niet, ik weet niets over dat land.
- I don't know Russia, I don't know anything about that country.
- Ik kan goed koken, maar de Indonesische keuken ken ik eigenlijk niet; ik weet niet eens hoe je nasi goreng klaarmaakt.
- I know how to cook well, but I don't really know Indonesian cuisine; I don't even know how to prepare fried rice.
- Ik spreek wel een beetje alledaags Frans, maar de Franse grammatica ken ik slecht.
- I know a little colloquial French, but I know French grammar poorly.
- (auxiliary, colloquial, dialectal) Synonym of kunnen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kennen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | kennen | |||
past singular | kende | |||
past participle | gekend | |||
infinitive | kennen | |||
gerund | kennen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | ken | kende | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | kent, ken2 | kende | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | kent | kende | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | kent | kende | ||
3rd person singular | kent | kende | ||
plural | kennen | kenden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | kenne | kende | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | kennen | kenden | ||
imperative sing. | ken | |||
imperative plur.1 | kent | |||
participles | kennend | gekend | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to know”), a causative form of *kunnaną formed with the suffix *-janą. Cognate to Bavarian kennan, Dutch kennen, Scots and English ken (“to know”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present kennt, past tense kannte, past participle gekannt, past subjunctive kennte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
- 1887, Eduard Engel, Griechische Frühlingstage, 4th, purer edition, Radebeul bei Dresden: Haupt & Hammon, published 1927, page 361:
- Die Beseitigung des Schlendrians werde ich wohl nicht mehr erleben, auch dann nicht, wenn Plato selber aus der Asche auferstünde und die deutschen Schulmänner die richtige Aussprache lehrte. Sie würden ihm beweisen, daß er sich irre: er habe in den mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden seit seinem Tode gewiß die richtige Aussprache vergessen; sie aber, die deutschen Oberlehrer und Direktoren, kennten sie ganz genau: sie wäre buchstäblich so wie das Neuhochdeutsche des 20. Jahrhunderts gewesen.
- The abolition of this sloppy [pronunciation of Ancient Greek] I will probably never witness, not even should Plato himself rise from the ashes to teach to the German pedagogues the correct pronunciation. They would show him that he was mistaken: that he must have forgotten the correct pronunciation in the more than two millennia following his death, but that they, the German head teachers and principals, knew exactly what it was like: precisely the same as the New High German of the 20th century.
Usage notes
[edit]- Although the senses of both kennen and wissen are covered by English “to know”, the two German verbs are only occasionally interchangeable. Only wissen is generally used with a following subclause (I know that..., how..., when..., etc.). With nouns the distinction may be more difficult. Wissen is used with facts and memorized information (“to be aware of”, French savoir), whereas kennen is used with concepts, ideas, backgrounds (“to be familiar with”, French connaître). Compare the following two sentences, both of which translate literally as “Do you know the street that he mentioned to us?”:
- Kennst du die Straße, die er uns genannt hat? ― Are you familiar with the street? Have you been there before?
- Weißt du die Straße, die er uns genannt hat? ― Do you know what street it was? Do you remember its name?
- The past subjunctive kennte is highly literary or archaic. It should be used with some caution even in formal writing.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kennen | ||||
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present participle | kennend | ||||
past participle | gekannt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kenne | wir kennen | i | ich kenne | wir kennen |
du kennst | ihr kennt | du kennest | ihr kennet | ||
er kennt | sie kennen | er kenne | sie kennen | ||
preterite | ich kannte | wir kannten | ii | ich kennte1 | wir kennten1 |
du kanntest | ihr kanntet | du kenntest1 | ihr kenntet1 | ||
er kannte | sie kannten | er kennte1 | sie kennten1 | ||
imperative | kenn (du) kenne (du) |
kennt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “kennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “kennen” in Duden online
- “kennen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Saxon *kennian, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (“to know”). Cognate with German and Dutch kennen, English ken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen
- (transitive) to know (someone); to be acquainted with
- (transitive) to know (some fact); to have knowledge of
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kennen | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | kenn | kenn |
2nd person singular | kenns(t) | kenns(t) |
3rd person singular | kenn(t) | kenn |
plural | kennt, kennen | kennen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | kenn(e) | |
plural | kennt | |
participle | present | past |
kennen | (e)kennt, gekennt | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to know a fact): weten
Derived terms
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German *kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Cognate with German kennen, Dutch kennen, English ken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen (third-person singular present kennt, past participle kannt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to know
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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infinitive | kennen | |
participle | kannt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | kennen | — |
2nd singular | kenns | kenn |
3rd singular | kennt | — |
1st plural | kennen | — |
2nd plural | kennt | kennt |
3rd plural | kennen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Derived terms
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Root |
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k-n-n |
4 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كَنَّنَ (kannana).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen (imperfect jkennen, past participle mkennen)
- to shelter, provide shelter for
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kennen | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kennint | kennint | kennen | kenninna | kennintu | kennu | |
f | kennet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkennen | tkennen | jkennen | nkennu | tkennu | jkennu | |
f | tkennen | |||||||
imperative | kennen | kennu |
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Verb
[edit]kennen
- to know, to be familiar with
- to recognise, to know who/what someone/something is
- to recognise, to acknowledge (a fact)
- to admit
- to consider (to be)
- to establish (as fact)
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English cennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kennen
- to make known
Conjugation
[edit]1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “kennen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Mòcheno
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”). Cognate to German kennen, Scots ken.
Verb
[edit]kennen
References
[edit]- “kennen” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.
Verb
[edit]kennen
Inflection
[edit]infinitive | kennen | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | kenno, kennon | kanda |
2nd person singular | kennis, kennist | kandos |
3rd person singular | kennit | kanda |
1st person plural | kennen | kandun |
2nd person plural | kennit | kandut |
3rd person plural | kennent | kandun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | kenne | kendi |
2nd person singular | kennes, kennest | kendis |
3rd person singular | kenne | kendi |
1st person plural | kennen | kendin |
2nd person plural | kennet | kendit |
3rd person plural | kennen | kendin |
imperative | present | |
singular | kenni | |
plural | kennit | |
participle | present | past |
kennendi | kant, gikant |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kennen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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- mhn:Thinking
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