könne
See also: konne
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- kenne (Moselle Franconian)
- künne (few dialects of Ripuarian, including Kölsch)
Etymology
From Middle High German kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkønə/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkœnə/
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Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Limburgish künnen, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkø.nə/
- Rhymes: -ønə
Verb
könne (third-person singular present kann, preterite koss, past participle gekosst, past subjunctive köss, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)
- to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
- (auxiliary, with an infinitive) can
- (intransitive) to be able to do something implied; can.
- (transitive) to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (which is notably unlike in English where another verb is needed for a main verb)
- (intransitive, colloquial, usually in negation) to be possible, to make sense
- (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
Conjugation
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