könen

Etymology
From, alternative form of , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  can, to be able to
 * 2) to be able to do
 * 3) to know or be able
 * 1) to know or be able
 * 1) to know or be able

Usage notes

 * This verb can also appear as or  in different dialects, the former being more often encountered than the latter.
 * Singular forms of are identical stems with a change of vowel (öö becoming a), plural forms of  are conjugated in the way regular Low German verbs are conjugated, and the past tense is conjugated in an irregular manner with the same vowel through the line. In its conjugation this verb shows similarities with  and, and is more distantly related to the German and Dutch variants of this verb:  and.
 * The old subjunctive II form is sometimes used with the meaning "could".