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Bavarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰenɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ken‧na

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan. Cognate with German können, English can, Dutch kan.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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kenna (past participle kenna)

  1. (auxiliary) can, to be able to
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kenna
infinitive kenna
past participle kenna
present past subjunctive
1st person singular kon, ko, kå kant, kantad, kuntad
2nd person singular konst, kånnst kanst, kantadst, kuntadst
3rd person singular kon, ko, kå kant, kantad, kuntad
1st person plural kennan kantn, kantadn, kuntadn
2nd person plural kennts kants, kantats, kuntats
3rd person plural kennan kantn, kantadn, kuntadn
imperative
singular -
plural -

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (to know), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (to know), a causative form of *kunnaną formed with the suffix *-janą. Cognate with German kennen, Dutch kennen, Scots and English ken (to know).

Verb

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kenna (past participle kennt)

  1. (transitive) to know, to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
    Des Biachl kenn i scho.I know this book already.
  2. (transitive) to recognize, perceive
    Se häd mi fåst ned kennt mit der neichn Frisur.She almost didn't recognize me with my new hairstyle.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kenna
infinitive kenna
past participle kennt
present past subjunctive
1st person singular kenn kennat
2nd person singular kennst kennadst
3rd person singular kennt kennat
1st person plural kennan kennadn
2nd person plural kennts kennats
3rd person plural kennan kennadn
imperative
singular -
plural -
Derived terms
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Estonian

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Adjective

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kenna

  1. illative singular of kena

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kenna (third person singular past indicative kendi, third person plural past indicative kent, supine kent)

  1. to know
  2. to feel
  3. to teach

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kenna (group v-8)
infinitive kenna
supine kent
present past
first singular kenni kendi
second singular kennir kendi
third singular kennir kendi
plural kenna kendu
participle (a7)1 kennandi kendur
imperative
singular kenna!
plural kennið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)

  1. to teach, to tutor
    • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
      Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
      A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
  2. to instruct
    Synonym: leiðbeina
  3. (dated) to ascribe
    Synonym: eigna
  4. (archaic, poetic) to know a person
    Synonym: þekkja
  5. to feel

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (to know).

Verb

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kenna

  1. to know (a person)
  2. to feel
  3. to teach someone [with dative]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kenna — active (weak class 1)
infinitive kenna
present participle kennandi
past participle kenndr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kenni kennda kenna kennda
2nd person singular kennir kenndir kennir kenndir
3rd person singular kennir kenndi kenni kenndi
1st person plural kennum kenndum kennim kenndim
2nd person plural kennið kennduð kennið kenndið
3rd person plural kenna kenndu kenni kenndi
imperative present
2nd person singular kenn, kenni
1st person plural kennum
2nd person plural kennið
Conjugation of kenna — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive kennask
present participle kennandisk
past participle kennzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kennumk kenndumk kennumk kenndumk
2nd person singular kennisk kenndisk kennisk kenndisk
3rd person singular kennisk kenndisk kennisk kenndisk
1st person plural kennumsk kenndumsk kennimsk kenndimsk
2nd person plural kennizk kennduzk kennizk kenndizk
3rd person plural kennask kenndusk kennisk kenndisk
imperative present
2nd person singular kensk, kennisk
1st person plural kennumsk
2nd person plural kennizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kenna
  • Faroese: kenna
  • Norn: kenna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjenna
  • Elfdalian: kenna
  • Old Swedish: kænna
  • Old Danish: kænnæ
  • Gutnish: känne

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kenna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ken +‎ -na

Contraction

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kenna

  1. do not know
    • 1822, John Galt, chapter XCIX, in Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk:
      I kenna how it was, that at the time I didna experience such a sorrow as I should have felt.
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    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      'Stop!' says he, — 'stop, Laird Heriotside! I kenna what your errand is, but it is to no holy purpose that ye're out on Beltane E'en. D' ye no hear the warring o' the waters?'
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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

Verb

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kenna

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Yakan

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Noun

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kenna

  1. fish

Verb

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kenna

  1. to fish