kunnen

  1. (auxiliary) can, to be able to
  2. (auxiliary) may, can, to be allowed to
  3. (intransitive) to be possible
  4. (intransitive) can go, to be able to go, can get
  5. (transitive) to be able to do, to be capable of
  6. (intransitive) to be available (for any type of meeting or appointment)

Frequency

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

In summary

From Middle Dutch connen, cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Related words

in staat zijn

in staat zijn om

in staat zijn te

bestaanbaar

erin slagen

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