kenna

Bavarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰenɐ/
Hyphenation: ken‧na

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan. Cognate with German können, English can, Dutch kan.

Alternative forms

kinna

Verb

kenna (past participle kenna)

(auxiliary) can, to be able to

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenna

infinitive	kenna
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	kon, ko, kå	-	kant, kantad, kuntad
2nd person sing.	konst, kånnst	-	kanst, kantadst, kuntadst
3rd person sing.	kon, ko, kå	-	kant, kantad, kuntad
1st person plur.	kennan	-	kantn, kantadn, kuntadn
2nd person plur.	kennts	-	kants, kantats, kuntats
3rd person plur.	kennan	-	kantn, kantadn, kuntadn

imperative sing.	-
imperative plur.	-

past participle	kenna

Etymology 2

From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennan, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to know”), a causative form of *kunnaną formed with the suffix *-janą. Cognate with German kennen, Dutch kennen, Scots and English ken (“to know”).

Verb

kenna (past participle kennt)

(transitive) to know, to be acquainted with; to be familiar with
Des Biachl kenn i scho. ― I know this book already.
(transitive) to recognize, perceive
Se häd mi fåst ned kennt mit der neichn Frisur. ― She almost didn't recognize me with my new hairstyle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenna

infinitive	kenna
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	kenn	-	kennat
2nd person sing.	kennst	-	kennadst
3rd person sing.	kennt	-	kennat
1st person plur.	kennan	-	kennadn
2nd person plur.	kennts	-	kennats
3rd person plur.	kennan	-	kennadn

imperative sing.	-
imperative plur.	-

past participle	kennt

Derived terms

Estonian

Adjective

kenna

illative singular of kena

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɛnːa/
Rhymes: -ɛnːa

Verb

kenna (third person singular past indicative kendi, third person plural past indicative kent, supine kent)

to know
to feel
to teach

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenna (group v-8)
infinitive	kenna
supine	kent
participle (a7)¹	kennandi	kendur
	present	past
first singular	kenni	kendi
second singular	kennir	kendi
third singular	kennir	kendi
plural	kenna	kendu
	imperative
singular	kenna!
plural	kennið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛnːa/
Rhymes: -ɛnːa

Verb

kenna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kenndi, supine kennt)

to teach, to tutor
- Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
  Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
  A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
to instruct
Synonym: leiðbeina
(dated) to ascribe
Synonym: eigna
(archaic, poetic) to know a person
Synonym: þekkja
to feel

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

kenna um (“to blame”)
kenna við (“to be named after”)
árinni kennir illur ræðari
kenndur
kenning
kennsla
kennari

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Verb

kenna

to know (a person)
to feel
to teach someone [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenna — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	kenna
present participle	kennandi
past participle	kenndr
1st-person singular	kenni	kennda
2nd-person singular	kennir	kenndir
3rd-person singular	kennir	kenndi
1st-person plural	kennum	kenndum
2nd-person plural	kennið	kennduð
3rd-person plural	kenna	kenndu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kenna	kennda
2nd-person singular	kennir	kenndir
3rd-person singular	kenni	kenndi
1st-person plural	kennim	kenndim
2nd-person plural	kennið	kenndið
3rd-person plural	kenni	kenndi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kenn, kenni
1st-person plural	kennum
2nd-person plural	kennið

Conjugation of kenna — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	kennask
present participle	kennandisk
past participle	kennzk
1st-person singular	kennumk	kenndumk
2nd-person singular	kennisk	kenndisk
3rd-person singular	kennisk	kenndisk
1st-person plural	kennumsk	kenndumsk
2nd-person plural	kennizk	kennduzk
3rd-person plural	kennask	kenndusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kennumk	kenndumk
2nd-person singular	kennisk	kenndisk
3rd-person singular	kennisk	kenndisk
1st-person plural	kennimsk	kenndimsk
2nd-person plural	kennizk	kenndizk
3rd-person plural	kennisk	kenndisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kensk, kennisk
1st-person plural	kennumsk
2nd-person plural	kennizk

Descendants

Icelandic: kenna
Faroese: kenna
Norn: kenna
Norwegian Nynorsk: kjenna
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kjenne
Elfdalian: kenna
Old Swedish: kænna
- Swedish: känna
Old Danish: kænnæ
- Danish: kende
- Scanian: kænða
Gutnish: känne

References

“kenna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Alternative forms

(Orkney) kenno, kinno, kyinno, tyinno
kennae

Etymology

ken +‎ -na

Contraction

kenna

do not know
- 1822, John Galt, chapter XCIX, in Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk:
  I kenna how it was, that at the time I didna experience such a sorrow as I should have felt.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
  'Stop!' says he, — 'stop, Laird Heriotside! I kenna what your errand is, but it is to no holy purpose that ye're out on Beltane E'en. D' ye no hear the warring o' the waters?'
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.

Verb

kenna

to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Yakan

Noun

kenna

fish

Verb

kenna

to fish