kennen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with, to have knowledge of the properties of a particular person, object or concept, through personal experience, teaching, practice, or habit; to be familiar with
  2. (transitive) to know, experience
  3. (auxiliary, colloquial, dialectal) synonym of kunnen

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɛnə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch kennen, from Old Dutch kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

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