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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kans/
- Hyphenation: kanns
Contraction
kanns
- Contraction of kann es.
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der gute Handel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 5th edition, page 45:Als er an das Wasser heran kam, rief er ihnen zu „dummes Vieh, das ihr seid! wißt ihrs nicht besser? sieben Thaler sinds und keine acht.“ Die Frösche blieben aber bei ihrem „ak, ak, ak, ak.“ „Nun, wenn ihrs nicht glauben wollt, ich kanns euch vorzählen,“ holte das Geld aus der Tasche, und zählte die sieben Thaler ab, immer vierundzwanzig Groschen auf einen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Verb
kanns
- second-person singular present indicative of kënnen