künden
German
Etymology
Corresponding to kund + -en. From Middle High German künden, from Old High German kunden, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan (“to make known”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (“to make known”). Cognate with Scottish dialectal English kithe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʏndn̩/
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Verb
künden (weak, third-person singular present kündet, past tense kündete, past participle gekündet, auxiliary haben)
- to announce, to tell (of), to bear witness (to)
- 2024 March 27, Sebastian Huld, “Ein Brandbrief, der die SPD aufschrecken müsste”, in n-tv.de[1]:
- Seine Einlassung, die Debatte in Deutschland sei "an Lächerlichkeit nicht zu überbieten", kündet vom Selbstvertrauen des Kanzlers, wieder einmal richtig gelegen zu haben.
- His submission that the debate in Germany could “not be topped in its ridiculousness” bears witness to the chancellor’s self-confidence of having been right again.
Conjugation
Conjugation of künden (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | künden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kündend | ||||
| past participle | gekündet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich künde | wir künden | i | ich künde | wir künden |
| du kündest | ihr kündet | du kündest | ihr kündet | ||
| er kündet | sie künden | er künde | sie künden | ||
| preterite | ich kündete | wir kündeten | ii | ich kündete1 | wir kündeten1 |
| du kündetest | ihr kündetet | du kündetest1 | ihr kündetet1 | ||
| er kündete | sie kündeten | er kündete1 | sie kündeten1 | ||
| imperative | künd (du) künde (du) |
kündet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of künden (weak, auxiliary haben)