"Kennmal" meaning in German

See Kennmal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛnmaːl/ Audio: De-Merkmal.ogg
Etymology: kennen (“to know”) + Mal (“sign”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|kennen<t:to know>|Mal<t:sign>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kunnaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "causative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "causative suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-janą", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kannijaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kannijan", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "kennen", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "kennen", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "kennen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }, { "gloss" : "sign", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Mal", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Kennmal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Kennmal">, {{compound|de|kennen|Mal|t1=to know|t2=sign}} kennen (“to know”) + Mal (“sign”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Kennmal n (strong, genitive Kennmales or Kennmals, plural Kennmale) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Kennmales [genitive], Kennmals [genitive], Kennmale [plural], strong [table-tags], Kennmal [nominative, singular], Kennmale [definite, nominative, plural], Kennmales [genitive, singular], Kennmals [genitive, singular], Kennmale [definite, genitive, plural], Kennmal [dative, singular], Kennmale [dative, singular], Kennmalen [dative, definite, plural], Kennmal [accusative, singular], Kennmale [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (rare) feature, characteristic mark Tags: neuter, rare, strong Synonyms: Merkmal, Kennzeichen

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "de",
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          "english": "So there are certain last character signs of healthy thought that one cannot prove but needs to have in the blood!",
          "ref": "1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Frühling im Gemüsegarten”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 2, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:",
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