ankönnen

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German

Etymology

The same in Dutch aankunnen.

Pronunciation

Verb

ankönnen (preterite-present, third-person singular present kann an, past tense konnte an, past participle angekonnt, past subjunctive könnte an, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to be able to take (on); to be at least even to; to be able to beat
    Gegen so’n kleinen Dicken werd ich ja noch ankönnen.
    I’ll be able to take on a little fat guy like that one, after all.
    Du kannst nicht gegen die Strömung vom Rhein an.
    You cannot beat the flow of the Rhine.

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