kende

See also: këndë

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kenni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɛnə]

Noun

kende n

1. (obsolete) characteristic, feature

Derived terms

• give til kende (“reveal, to confess”)
• give sig til kende (“to make oneself known”)
• kendemærke n
• kendetegn n
• særkende n
• tilkendegive (verb)
• tilkendegivelse c

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse kenna (“know, feel”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɛnə]

Noun

kende c

1. a little bit

Verb

kende (imperative kend, infinitive at kende, present tense kender, past tense kendte, perfect tense er/har kendt)

1. know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Conjugation

Inflection of kende

	present	past
simple	kender	kendte
perfect	kendt	kendt
passive	kendes	kendtes
participle	kendende	kendt
imperative	kend	—
infinitive	kende	—
auxiliary verb	er/har	—
gerund	kenden	—

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

kende

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative and subjunctive of kennen

Anagrams

• deken, denke, knede, kneed

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Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• ken (synonym)

Etymology

Contraction of ki and hende.

Ki comes from Portuguese quem and Spanish quien and Kabuverdianu ken.

Hende comes from Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gente.

Pronoun

kende

1. who