kennen

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • to know, to be familiar with
  • to recognise, to know who/what someone/something is
  • to recognise, to acknowledge (a fact)
  • to admit
  • to consider (to be)
  • to establish (as fact)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch kennen inherited from *kannijan (know) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (know, make known) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (know, recognize).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵneh₃-

Gloss

know, recognize

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

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