can

(Engels)

Verb

1. (auxiliary, defective) To know how to.
2. (auxiliary, defective) To be able to.
3. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
4. (auxiliary, defective, modal) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
5. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
7. (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
8. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
9. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

Intj

1. (Manglish, Singlish) OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
2. (Manglish, Singlish) Used to convey reassurance.

Particle

OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.

Noun

1. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
2. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
3. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
4. (archaic) A chamber pot.
5. (US, archaic, slang) A chamber pot.
6. (Canada, US, childish, slang, vulgar) Buttocks.
7. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The breasts of a woman.
8. (slang) Jail or prison.
9. (in-plural, slang) Headphones.
10. (archaic) A drinking cup.
11. A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
12. A chimney pot.
13. (in-plural, slang) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
14. (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
15. A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

Tegenovergesteld aan

cannot, can't, may not, mayn't

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: can

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cann

Overgenomen van Middelengels: canne

Overgenomen van Oudengels: canne

In summary

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.

Concepten

kunnen

toilet

🚽

kan

conservenblik

blik

wc

🚽

privaat

conserveren

inblikken

pot

🫙

blikje

vat

doos

📦

gat

hol

🕳️

inmaken

kist

📦

koker

kont

korf

🧺

krat

krent

kruik

etui

achtersteven

achterwerk

afvoeren

bak

batterij

🔋

bips

bus

🚌

emmer

🪣

achterste

fles

foedraal

fundament

reet

urn

zak

zitvlak

toges

derrière

kuip

kleinste kamertje

pul

wasgelegenheid

schouw

schrijn

secreet

teil

Synoniemen

tin

able

may

be able to

able to

be able

tin can

toilet

🚽

lavatory

jar

🫙

lav

possible

john

pot

bathroom

container

jug

box

📦

backside

posterior

privy

derriere

restroom

🚻

loo

buttocks

buns

bottom

sack

rear

washroom

behind

hindquarters

hind end

bottle

ass

🍑

seat

💺

rump

fanny

arse

nates

put up

rear end

tail

could

prat

keister

butt

bum

fundament

preserve

Vertalingen

pouvoir

poder

können

potere

lata

Dose

📦

boîte

📦

poder

móc

toilette

🚽

lattina

poder

scatola

📦

μπορώ

canette

Zinnen

I can do no more .

Ik kan niet meer doen.

I can learn something from the desert , too .

Ik kan ook iets van de woestijn leren.

But , if you can , try to make your own decisions .

Maar als je kunt, probeer je eigen beslissingen te nemen.

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

Soms vraag ik me af hoe er zoveel sterren aan de hemel kunnen zijn.

" I can clean up those glasses in the window , if you want ," said the boy .

"Ik kan die bril in het raam opruimen, als je wilt," zei de jongen.

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

Te veel water drinken in een korte tijd kan dodelijk zijn.