kennen.
to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
Meaning & usage
to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *kannijaną Proto-West Germanic *kannijan Old High German kennen Middle High German kennen German kennen From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to know”), a causative form of *kunnaną formed with the suffix *-janą. Cognate to Bavarian kennan, Dutch and Low German kennen, Scots and English ken (“to know”), Yiddish קענען (kenen).
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