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kenna

See also: Kenna

Bavarian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Verb edit

kenna (past participle kenna)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit
Conjugation of kenna
infinitive kenna
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. kenn - kennat
2nd person sing. kennst - kennadst
3rd person sing. kennt - kennat
1st person plur. kennan - kennadn
2nd person plur. kennts - kennats
3rd person plur. kennan - kennadn
imperative sing. -
imperative plur. -
past participle kennt
Derived terms edit

Estonian edit

Adjective edit

kenna

  1. illative singular of kena

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

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

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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
  3. (dated) to ascribe
  4. (archaic, poetic) to know a person
  5. to feel

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

kenna

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

Conjugation edit

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • “kenna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

ken +‎ -na

Contraction edit

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

kenna

  1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Yakan edit

Noun edit

kenna

  1. fish

Verb edit

kenna

  1. to fish
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