kenne

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Afrikaans

Noun

kenne

  1. plural of ken

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German kennan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Cognate with German kennen, Dutch kennen, English ken, Swedish känna.

Verb

kenne

  1. (Uri) to know, be acquainted with, ken

References

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German kennan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (to know).

Pronunciation

Verb

kenne (third-person singular present kennt, past tense kannt, past participle jekannt or gekannt)

  1. (most dialects) to know; to be acquainted with

Etymology 2

From Old High German kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

kenne (third-person singular present kann, past tense konnt, past participle konnt or gekonnt)

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

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Noun

kenne

  1. one

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

kenne

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kennen

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kenne

  1. inflection of kennen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -ne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ken‧ne

Verb

kenne

  1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of ken

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Verb

kenne

  1. can

Verb

kenne

  1. to know

Further reading

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

Noun

kenne

  1. dative singular of ken

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (to know). Compare German können, Dutch kunnen, English can.

Verb

kenne

  1. to can; to be able to
  2. (transitive) to know
  3. (transitive) to understand
Usage notes
  • Used as a modal verb.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old High German kennan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (to know). Compare German kennen, Dutch kennen.

Verb

kenne

  1. to know
  2. to be acquainted with
Conjugation

Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Verb

kenne

  1. can

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kenna, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (to know).

Pronunciation

Verb

kenne

  1. to know, to be familiar with (as opposed to knowing information or facts)

Inflection

  • Variant present-tense 3rd: kent (?)
  • Variant past participle: kend

Further reading

  • kenne”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011