"kunne" meaning in Danish

See kunne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈkʰunə], [ˈkʰu]
Etymology: From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, cognate with English con, German können. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), which is also the source of the Danish words kende (“to know”), kunde (“customer”), kundskab (“knowledge”), kunst (“art”). Etymology templates: {{root|da|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|da|non|kunna}} Old Norse kunna, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*kunnaną}} Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, {{cog|en|con}} English con, {{cog|de|können}} German können, {{inh|da|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-||to know}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), {{m|da|kende||to know}} kende (“to know”), {{m|da|kunde||customer}} kunde (“customer”), {{m|da|kundskab||knowledge}} kundskab (“knowledge”), {{m|da|kunst||art}} kunst (“art”) Head templates: {{head|da|verb|present|kan|past|kunne|past participle|kunnet}} kunne (present kan, past kunne, past participle kunnet) Inflection templates: {{da-conj|-||kan|kunne|h|kunnet|kunnende|kunnen|kunnes|-}} Forms: kan [present], kunne [past], kunnet [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], kan [present], kunne [past], har kunnet [perfect, present], havde kunnet [past, perfect], kunnes [passive, present], - [passive, past], kunnende [participle, present], kunnet [participle, past], - [imperative, present], - [imperative, past], kunne [infinitive, present], - [infinitive, past], have [auxiliary, present], - [auxiliary, past], kunnen [gerund, present], - [gerund, past]
  1. (auxiliary) to be able, can (with an infinitive) Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-kunne-da-verb-ed7O2uU5
  2. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may (with an infinitive) Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-kunne-da-verb-NKzqKr23
  3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) could, would, might (with an infinitive, expressing potential mood) Tags: auxiliary, past
    Sense id: en-kunne-da-verb-jPLjASDd Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with tab characters Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 52 36 Disambiguation of Pages with tab characters: 5 5 15 8 2 25 2 2 0 5 6 21 4
  4. (transitive) to know (with an object, e.g. a language) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kunne-da-verb-F8zHRFnx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kunde (english: obsolete form in the past tense)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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