kunn

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kuun, konn (variants)
• kumme (some contemporary Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch)
• komme (Moselle Franconian, other contemporary Ripuarian dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German *kūn, contracted infinitive of queman (like hān of haben, lān of lāzen, etc.), from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Verb

kunn (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle kunn or jekunn)

1. (Ripuarian, archaic in most areas) to come

   Ich kunn jrad vom Suppermaat.

   I’m just coming back from the supermarket.

Usage notes

• Most contemporary dialects retain the contracted forms in the 2nd persons singular and plural and in the 3rd person singular, whereas the three other persons, the infinitive, and the past participle have been replaced with forms containing -m- under Standard German influence.

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Low German

Verb

kunn

1. first-person singular past of könen

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Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kunë.

Noun

kunn

1. ash (residue from burning)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland