"connen" meaning in Middle Dutch

See connen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cunnen [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Etymology templates: {{root|dum|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|dum|odt|cunnan}} Old Dutch cunnan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*kunnan}} Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*kunnaną}} Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, {{der|dum|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} connen, {{dum-verb}} connen
  1. to know, to be familiar with, to understand
    Sense id: en-connen-dum-verb-sIUeX7vi Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 36
  2. (of a language) to speak
    Sense id: en-connen-dum-verb-TKdixBly Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 36
  3. (auxiliary) can, to be able to, to have the ability to Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-connen-dum-verb-xWfPhMeR Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: const

Inflected forms

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