künden

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See also: kunden and Kunden

German

Etymology

Corresponding to kund +‎ -en. From Middle High German künden, from Old High German kunden, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan (to make known), from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (to make known). Cognate with Scottish dialectal English kithe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏndn̩/
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Verb

künden (weak, third-person singular present kündet, past tense kündete, past participle gekündet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to announce, to tell (of), to bear witness (to)
    • 2024 March 27, Sebastian Huld, “Ein Brandbrief, der die SPD aufschrecken müsste”, in n-tv.de:
      Seine Einlassung, die Debatte in Deutschland sei "an Lächerlichkeit nicht zu überbieten", kündet vom Selbstvertrauen des Kanzlers, wieder einmal richtig gelegen zu haben.
      His submission that the debate in Germany could “not be topped in its ridiculousness” bears witness to the chancellor’s self-confidence of having been right again.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • künden” in Duden online
  • künden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • künden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon