kennen

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
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Verb

 * 1)  to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with, to have knowledge of the properties of a particular person, object or concept, through personal experience, teaching, practice, or habit

Etymology
From, from , from , from , a causative form of formed with the suffix.

Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with

Usage notes

 * Although the senses of both kennen and are covered by English “to know”, the two German verbs are only occasionally interchangeable. Only wissen is generally used with a following subclause (I know that..., how..., when..., etc.). With nouns the distinction may be more difficult.  is used with facts and memorized information (“to be aware of”, ), whereas kennen is used with concepts, ideas, backgrounds (“to be familiar with”, ). Compare the following two sentences, both of which translate literally as “Do you know the street that he mentioned to us?”:


 * The past subjunctive kennte is highly literary or archaic. It should be used with some caution even in formal writing.

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with German and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to know (someone); to be acquainted with
 * 2)  to know (some fact); to have knowledge of

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to know

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to shelter, provide shelter for

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to know, to be familiar with
 * 2) to recognise, to know who/what someone/something is
 * 3) to recognise, to acknowledge (a fact)
 * 4) to admit
 * 5) to consider (to be)
 * 6) to establish (as fact)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to make known

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to know, be familiar with

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to know, to be aware of