ken

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (Scotland, transitive) To know, perceive or understand.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Range of perception.
2. (uncountable) Knowledge, perception, or sight.
3. (uncountable) Range of sight.

Noun

A house, especially a den of thieves.

Noun

Youth or children's group.

Noun

A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.

Noun

The tsurugi (type of sword).

Concepten

bekende

bekendheid

besef

bewustzijn

bezinning

kennen

kennis

kenvermogen

kunde

medeweten

relatie

verstand

weten

wetenschap

Synoniemen

knowledge

cognizance

awareness

sight

competency

understanding

consciousness

proficiency

command

realization

learning

know

lucidity

competence

skill

grasp

grip

harass

heckle

hold

incommode

inconvenience

infest

intellect

irk

outlook

penetration

pester

pother

prospect

savvy

scenery

scope

sense

trouble

view

visibility

grate on

jar on

perception

acquaintance

intuitive feeling

ail

annoy

apprehension

badger

🦡

bedevil

bother

cognition

comprehension

Vertalingen

connaissance

conocimiento

γνώση

conhecimento

coscienza

Ken

Wissen

Wissenschaft

Bewußtsein

Begriff

conoscenza

Kenntnis

consapevolezza

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɛn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: kennen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cennan

Verwant aan Fries: kenne

Verwant aan Nederlands: kennen

Verwant aan Duits: kennen

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: kjenne

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: kjenna

Verwant aan Oudnoors: kenna

Verwant aan Zweeds: känna

Verwant aan Deens: kende

In summary

Northern English dialects and Scots language from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”) originally “to make known”, causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative of *kunnaną (“be able”), from which comes the verb can.
Cognate with West Frisian kenne (“to know; recognise”), Dutch kennen (“to know”), German kennen (“to know, be acquainted with someone/something”), Norwegian Bokmål kjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk kjenna, Old Norse kenna (“to know, perceive”), Swedish känna (“to know, feel”), Danish kende (“to know”). See also: can, con.