verb · intransitive · common

ken

ken · kens · kenned / kent · kenning

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kennen

To know, perceive or understandTo know, perceive or understand.

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/kɛn/

» Mike and Ken are friends.

Mike und Ken sind befreundet. — MUIRIEL

Mike und Ken sind Freunde. — virgil

Майк и Кен - друзья. — Tonari

Майк и Кен друзья. — papersaltserver

Майк и Кен - приятели. — marafon

Майк и Кен дружат. — marafon

Майк та Кен друзі. — deniko

Майк із Кеном друзі. — deniko

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Meaning

3 senses

(Scotland, transitive)To know, perceive or understand.
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(obsolete)To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
(Scotland, obsolete)To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Examples

399 sentences

Mike and Ken are friends.
Майк та Кен друзі. — deniko
ruМайк и Кен - друзья. — Tonari
deMike und Ken sind befreundet. — MUIRIEL
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Ken has more books than you.
Кен має більше книг, ніж ти. — uaspeaker
ruУ Кена больше книг, чем у тебя. — timsa
deKen hat mehr Bücher als du. — MUIRIEL
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Ken must be home by now.
Кен вже мусить бути вдома. — deniko
ruКен уже должен быть дома. — Aqn
deKen muss inzwischen zu Hause sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Ken climbed down from the tree.
Кен зліз з дерева. — aandrusiak
deKen kletterte vom Baum herab. — virgil
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Ken will be fifteen next year.
Кену буде 15 років в наступному році. — aandrusiak
ruВ следующем году Кену будет пятнадцать лет. — odexed
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to know, perceive or understand:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to know, perceive or understand:

Origin

From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fe

From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną.

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.

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