"känna" meaning in Swedish

See känna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɕɛn.na/ Audio: Sv-känna.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kænna}} Old Swedish kænna, {{inh|sv|non|kenna}} Old Norse kenna, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*kannijaną}} Proto-Germanic *kannijaną Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|känner|preterite|kände|supine|känt|imperative|känn|head=}} känna (present känner, preterite kände, supine känt, imperative känn) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|kän|end=nn}} Forms: känna as the root [canonical], like and . [canonical], känner [present], kände [preterite], känt [supine], känn [imperative], weak [table-tags], känna [active, infinitive], kännas [infinitive, passive], känt [active, supine], känts [passive, supine], känn [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], kännen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], känner [active, indicative, present], kände [active, indicative, past], känns [indicative, passive, present], kännes [indicative, passive, present], kändes [indicative, passive, past], känna [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], kände [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], kännas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], kändes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], känne [active, dated, present, subjunctive], kände [active, dated, past, subjunctive], kännes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], kändes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], kännande [participle, present], känd [participle, past]
  1. to feel, to sense
    Sense id: en-känna-sv-verb-zO~vQwrM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. to know (a person)
    Sense id: en-känna-sv-verb-kFj~W3Ky
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: igenkänning, kännedom, kännetecken, känning, känsel, känsla, känslig, känslosam, ha på känn, på känn

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "godkänna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna efter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna igen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna igen sig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna med"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna på"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna på sig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna sig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna sig för"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känna till"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kännas vid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lära känna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "underkänna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵneh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "kænna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish kænna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kenna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kenna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kannijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kannijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "känna as the root",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "like and .",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känner",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känn",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känner",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "känn",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "känner",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "kände",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "känt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "känna (present känner, preterite kände, supine känt, imperative känn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kän",
        "end": "nn"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "igenkänning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kännedom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kännetecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känsel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känsla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känslig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "känslosam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ha på känn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "på känn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I feel ill.",
          "text": "Jag känner mig sjuk.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I feel sick.",
          "text": "Jag känner mig illamående.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I feel that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am probing to check whether the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner efter om vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner till att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have a hunch that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner på mig att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The water feels warm (to me).",
          "text": "Vattnet känns varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The water (can feel things and) is feeling warm.",
          "text": "Vattnet känner sig varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Eloise, are we more than just friends? So show what you feel, and then we let the feelings decide [and then the feelings get to decide]. Eloise, the tide [winds] can also turn [in addition to him turning back, perhaps]. For me you are the only one. Our love is worth a higher price, Eloise.",
          "ref": "1993, “Eloise”, Gert Lengstrand (lyrics), Lasse Holm (music)performed by Arvingarna:",
          "text": "Eloise, är vi mer än bara vänner? Så visa vad du känner, och sen får känslorna bestämma. Eloise, även vindarna kan vända. För mig är du den enda. Vår kärlek den är värd ett högre pris, Eloise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feel, to sense"
      ],
      "id": "en-känna-sv-verb-zO~vQwrM",
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte honom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't recognize him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte igen honom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know of him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte till honom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (a person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-känna-sv-verb-kFj~W3Ky",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-känna.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɕɛn.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "känna"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "godkänna"
    },
    {
      "word": "känn"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna av"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna efter"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna igen"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna igen sig"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna med"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna på"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna på sig"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna sig"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna sig för"
    },
    {
      "word": "känna till"
    },
    {
      "word": "kännas vid"
    },
    {
      "word": "lära känna"
    },
    {
      "word": "underkänna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵneh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "kænna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish kænna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kenna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kenna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kannijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kannijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "känna as the root",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "like and .",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känner",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känn",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känner",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kände",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kändes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kännande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "känd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "känn",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "känner",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "kände",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "känt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "känna (present känner, preterite kände, supine känt, imperative känn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kän",
        "end": "nn"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "igenkänning"
    },
    {
      "word": "kännedom"
    },
    {
      "word": "kännetecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "känning"
    },
    {
      "word": "känsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "känsla"
    },
    {
      "word": "känslig"
    },
    {
      "word": "känslosam"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha på känn"
    },
    {
      "word": "på känn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I feel ill.",
          "text": "Jag känner mig sjuk.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I feel sick.",
          "text": "Jag känner mig illamående.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I feel that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am probing to check whether the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner efter om vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner till att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I have a hunch that the water is warm.",
          "text": "Jag känner på mig att vattnet är varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The water feels warm (to me).",
          "text": "Vattnet känns varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The water (can feel things and) is feeling warm.",
          "text": "Vattnet känner sig varmt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Eloise, are we more than just friends? So show what you feel, and then we let the feelings decide [and then the feelings get to decide]. Eloise, the tide [winds] can also turn [in addition to him turning back, perhaps]. For me you are the only one. Our love is worth a higher price, Eloise.",
          "ref": "1993, “Eloise”, Gert Lengstrand (lyrics), Lasse Holm (music)performed by Arvingarna:",
          "text": "Eloise, är vi mer än bara vänner? Så visa vad du känner, och sen får känslorna bestämma. Eloise, även vindarna kan vända. För mig är du den enda. Vår kärlek den är värd ett högre pris, Eloise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feel, to sense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte honom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't recognize him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte igen honom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know of him.",
          "text": "Jag känner inte till honom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-känna.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Sv-k%C3%A4nna.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɕɛn.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "känna"
}

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