"unken" meaning in English

See unken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʊŋkən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unken2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From German Unke. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Unke}} German Unke Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unken (not comparable)
  1. Only used in unken reflex. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unken-en-adj-CbpWHygf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈkɛn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unken.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unkens [present, singular, third-person], unkenning [participle, present], unkenned [participle, past], unkenned [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from unkenned, equivalent to un- + ken. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|unkenned}} Back-formation from unkenned, {{af|en|un-|ken}} un- + ken Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unken (third-person singular simple present unkens, present participle unkenning, simple past and past participle unkenned)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) To not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-unken-en-verb-RCIdMTPX Categories (other): Scottish English, English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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