könne

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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

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

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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