Kanne

See also: kanne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kanne.

Proper noun

Kanne (plural Kannes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kanne is the 39773^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 552 individuals. Kanne is most common among White (93.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kanne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kanne, Old High German channa, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ. Cognate with Old Norse kanna, Old English canne, English can, French canette (“small can”), Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐍉 (*kannō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanə/

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• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Kanne f (genitive Kanne, plural Kannen, diminutive Kännchen n)

1. jug, pitcher, pot, can (as in teapot and watering can)
2. (slang, especially Ruhrgebiet) a bottle, typically of beer
   • 2002, M. Dinter, M. Ritzenhoff, P. Thorwarth, 0:16:10 from the start, in Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht, spoken by Kalle (Ralf Richter):

     Jetz’ kuck dir dat do’ ma’ an hier! Ohohoho, nein, dat schöne Bier! Da sind do’ unsere Kannen drin, Junge, dat kannste do’ nich’ machen!

     Now look at this! Ohohoho, no, the good beer! In here is where our bottles are, boy, how could you do that!

Declension

Declension of Kanne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kanne	die	Kannen
genitive	einer	der	Kanne	der	Kannen
dative	einer	der	Kanne	den	Kannen
accusative	eine	die	Kanne	die	Kannen

Derived terms

• Gießkanne f
• Kaffeekanne f
• Pressstempelkanne f
• Teekanne f

Further reading

• “Kanne” in Duden online
• “Kanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Kanne

1. plural of Kann