kënnen

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to be able to, can

Usage notes

 * The alternative past participles kéinten, kënnten are quite often used instead of an expected infinitive in perfect subjunctive constructions with another infinitive. Thus: Dat hätt ech kéinte maachen (“I could have done that.”) alongside more regular: Dat hätt ech kënne maachen.