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kende.

know (be acquainted or familiar with)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɛnə/[ˈkʰenə][ˈkʰenn̩]

  1. know (be acquainted or familiar with)

  2. recognise as one’s own (with the preposition ved)

  3. to feel

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish kænnæ, from Old Norse kenna (“know, feel”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Cognate with Swedish känna, German kennen, English ken. A causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”).

adv/ˈkɛnə/[ˈkʰenə][ˈkʰenn̩]

  1. a little bit

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish kænnæ, from Old Norse kenna (“know, feel”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Cognate with Swedish känna, German kennen, English ken. A causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”).

noun/ˈkɛnə/[ˈkʰenə][ˈkʰenn̩]

  1. characteristic, feature

    neuter · no-plural · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse kenni. Compare Swedish känn.

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