kenna

See also: 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)

1. (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)

1. (transitive) to know, to be acquainted with; to be familiar with

   Des Biachl kenn i scho. ― I know this book already.

2. (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

• auskenna
• derkenna
• kennalerna

Estonian

Adjective

kenna

1. 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)

1. to know
2. to feel
3. 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)

1. 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.

2. to instruct
3. (dated) to ascribe
4. (archaic, poetic) to know a person
5. to feel

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (to instruct): leiðbeina
• (to ascribe): eigna
• (to know): þekkja

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

1. to know (a person)
2. to feel
3. to teach someone [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of kenna — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	kenna
present participle	kennandi
past participle	kenndr
indicative	present	past
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)

infinitive	kennask
present participle	kennandisk
past participle	kennzk
indicative	present	past
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

1. 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

1. to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Yakan

Noun

kenna

1. fish

Verb

kenna

1. to fish