"Kant" meaning in German

See Kant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [kant] Audio: De-Kant.ogg Forms: Kants [genitive, masculine], Kant [genitive, masculine], Kant [feminine, genitive], Kants [plural]
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: * As an occupational surname for a precentor, from Old Northern French cant, from Old French chant (“song”). * As a habitational surname, from the noun Kante (“edge, corner”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|fro-nor|cant}} Old Northern French cant, {{der|de|fro|chant||song}} Old French chant (“song”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Kant m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kants or (with an article) Kant, feminine genitive Kant, plural Kants)
  1. a surname, notably borne by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant Wikipedia link: Kant (disambiguation) Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Derived forms: kantianisch

Inflected forms

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