Sentences with German verb kennen

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Present

  • Jeder kennt jeden. 
    English Everyone knows everyone.
  • Du kennst sie? 
    English Do you know her?
  • Ich kenne Tom. 
    English I know Tom.
  • Ich kenne chinesische Zeichen. 
    English I know the Chinese characters.
  • Ich kenne das genaue Datum. 
    English I know the exact date.
  • Die finnische Sprache kennt keine Artikel. 
    English There are no articles in Finnish.
  • Ich kenne ein gutes und billiges Geschäft. 
    English I know a good store that's cheap.
  • Ich kenn einen guten Laden mit günstigen Preisen. 
    English I know a good store with affordable prices.
  • Kennst du sie? 
    English Do you know them?
  • Kennst du die Antwort? 
    English You know the answer?

Imperfect

  • Kanntest du ihn? 
    English Did you know him?
  • Tom kannte sie. 
    English Tom knew it.
  • Kanntet ihr ihn? 
    English Did you know him?
  • Kannten Sie Tom? 
    English Did you know Tom?
  • Tom kannte das Gedicht auswendig. 
    English Tom knew the poem by heart.
  • Das Kind kannte überhaupt keine Disziplin. 
    English The child was completely lacking in discipline.
  • Alle, die ihn kannten , bewunderten ihn. 
    English Everyone who knew him admired him.
  • Ich kannte die Normen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. 
    English I knew the norms of civil society.
  • In der Urzeit kannte niemand die genaue Uhrzeit. 
    English In prehistoric times, no one knew the exact time.

Present Subj.

-

Imperf. Subj.

-

Imperative

-

Infinitive

  • Er bestritt, sie zu kennen . 
    English He denied he knew her.
  • Er bestritt, den Mann zu kennen . 
    English He denied that he knew that man.

Participle

  • Ich habe keinen der Songs gekannt . 
    English I didn't know any of the songs.

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Indicative

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  • Jeder kennt jeden. 
    English Everyone knows everyone.
  • Du kennst sie? 
    English Do you know her?
  • Ich kenne Tom. 
    English I know Tom.
  • Ich kenne chinesische Zeichen. 
    English I know the Chinese characters.
  • Ich kenne das genaue Datum. 
    English I know the exact date.
  • Die finnische Sprache kennt keine Artikel. 
    English There are no articles in Finnish.
  • Ich kenne ein gutes und billiges Geschäft. 
    English I know a good store that's cheap.
  • Ich kenn einen guten Laden mit günstigen Preisen. 
    English I know a good store with affordable prices.
  • Kennst du sie? 
    English Do you know them?
  • Kennst du die Antwort? 
    English You know the answer?
  • Kennst du seinen älteren Bruder? 
    English Do you know his older brother?
  • Ich kenne meinen genauen Geburtsort nicht. 
    English I don't know the exact place I was born.
  • Ich kenne deinen Freund schon lange. 
    English I have known your friend for a long time.
  • Ich kenne keinen egoistischeren Menschen als Tom. 
    English I know no one more selfish than Tom.
  • Tom kennt keinen Unterschied zwischen Arbeit und Erholung. 
    English Tom knows no difference between work and relaxation.

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Translation of German kennen


German kennen
English know, be acquainted with, be familiar with
Russian знать, быть знакомым, знакомый, изучать, узнавать, узнать
Spanish conocer, saber
French connaître, savoir, connaitre
Turkish tanımak, bilmek
Portuguese conhecer, saber, saber sobre
Italian conoscere, sapere, conoscersi
Romanian cunoaște, cunoaste, ști, cunoaștere, sti, şti
Hungarian ismer, ismerni, tudni, tud
Polish znać, wiedzieć, wiedzieć o, znać się
Greek γνωρίζω, ξέρω, γνωριμία
Dutch kennen, hebben, herkennen, identificeren
Czech znát, vědět
Swedish känna, veta, känna till, känna varandra, vara bekant med
Danish kende, kende hinanden, vide om
Japanese 知っている, 知る, 知識, 分かる, 存じる, 心得る, 知り合い
Catalan conèixer, saber
Finnish tietää, tunteminen, tuntea, tuntea toisensa
Norwegian kjenne, kjennskap til, vite om, være kjent
Basque ezagutu, ezagutzen, jakin
Serbian poznavati, znati, знати
Macedonian знам, знае, познавам, познат
Slovenian poznati, vedeti
Slowakisch poznať, vedieť o
Bosnian poznavati, znati
Croatian poznavati, znati
Ukrainian знати, бути знайомим, обізнаний
Bulgarian познавам, знам, зная, познат
Belorussian знаць, ведаць, знаёмы
Indonesian kenal, mengenal, mengetahui, tahu
Vietnamese biết, biết ai, làm quen với ai, quen biết
Uzbek bilmoq, birini bilmoq, tanimoq
Hindi जानना, परिचित होना, पहचानना
Chinese 了解, 知道, 认识, 认识某人
Thai รู้จัก, ทราบ, รู้
Korean 누군가를 알다, 사람을 알다, 알고있다, 알다
Azerbaijani bilmek, bilmək, birini tanımaq, tanımaq
Georgian იცნობ, ცოდნა
Bengali চেনা, অবগত থাকা, জানা
Albanian njoh, di, të di, të njohësh, të njohësh dikë
Marathi ओळखणे, कळणे, माहित असणे
Nepali चिन्नु, जान्नु
Telugu ఎవ్వరిని తెలుసుకోవడం, తెలియడం, తెలుసుకోవడం
Latvian iepazīties ar kādu, pazīt, zināt
Tamil அறிதல், தெரிந்துகொள்ளுதல்
Estonian kedagi tundma, teadma
Armenian ճանաչել, իմանալ
Kurdish agah bûn, nasîn, zanîn
Hebrewלהכיר، לדעת
Arabicwissen، تعارف، عرف، عَرَفَ، مألوف، معرفة، يدرك، يعرف
Persianآشنا بودن، شناختن، بلدبودن، دانستن
Urduواقف ہونا، جاننا

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Meanings and synonyms of kennen

  • über, von etwas, über jemanden, von jemandem, über oder von sich etwas wissen, wissen
  • mit jemand bekannt sein, bekannt sein, befreundet sein
  • wissen, (jemandem) bekannt sein, (jemandem) etwas sagen, Tradition haben, überblicken, (so) üblich sein

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 14849, 14849

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: kennen

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 91856, 14849

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 655121, 578187, 3316805, 4654432, 8838394, 3435162, 1387359, 1387356, 679333, 392849, 784758, 3879214, 8828700, 10031580, 8202179, 2526011, 467708, 2820385, 9992187, 2309251, 3764211, 461393, 342514, 8768440, 1284006

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