könne

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kenne (Moselle Franconian)
• künne (few dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)

Etymology

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkønə/

Verb

könne (third-person singular present kann, past tense konnt, past participle jekonnt)

1. (Ripuarian) can; to be able to / of
2. (Ripuarian) to be possible

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœnə/

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Verb

könne

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive I of können

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Limburgish künnen, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkø.nə/
• Rhymes: -ønə

Verb

könne (third-person singular present kann, preterite koss, past participle gekosst, past subjunctive köss, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

1. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
   1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) can
   2. (intransitive) to be able to do something implied; can.
   3. (transitive) to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (which is notably unlike in English where another verb is needed for a main verb)
   4. (intransitive, colloquial, usually in negation) to be possible, to make sense
   5. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.

Conjugation

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