kunne

• kunde (obsolete form in the past tense)

From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, cognate with English con, German können. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), which is also the source of the Danish words kende (“to know”), kunde (“customer”), kundskab (“knowledge”), kunst (“art”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰunə], [ˈkʰu]

kunne (present kan, past kunne, past participle kunnet)

1. (auxiliary) to be able, can (with an infinitive)
2. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may (with an infinitive)
3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) could, would, might (with an infinitive, expressing potential mood)
4. (transitive) to know (with an object, e.g. a language)

• “kunne” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch kunne, from Old Dutch *kunni, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).

kunne f (uncountable)

1. gender, sex

kunne

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kunnen

ku- +‎ -nne (sublative singular)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunːeˣ/, [ˈkunːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -unːe
• Syllabification^(key): kun‧ne
• Hyphenation^(key): kun‧ne

kunne (archaic)

1. whither (to where)

• “kunne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• enkun, nekun, nuken

From Proto-Chadic *km/*ɬm.^[1] Cognate with Beele kumo, Bole kūmī, Kirfi kúmā, Diri húmà, Siri kūūtá, Kariya kúméi, Goemai kwām, Polci kəəm, Mangas kɨmsi, Miya kúmáy, Saya kə̀:m, Muyang ɬìmì, Uldeme sləmāy, Bana slə́mə́, Matal sləm, Lagwan slɨmi, Moloko ɬəmáy, Mbuko ɬə́máy, Podoko sləma, Kirya-Konzel tlə́m, Daba zlìmī and Mpade shimu.

• IPA^(key): /kûn.néː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ̂n.néː]

kûnnē m (plural kunnuwā̀, possessed form kûnnen)

1. ear
2. leaf (of a plant)

• IPA^(key): /kún.né/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ́n.né]

à kunne

1. in or on the ear

From the sublative of kuka.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkunːe/, [ˈkunː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkunːe/, [ˈkunːe̞]
• Rhymes: -unː, -unːe
• Hyphenation: kun‧ne

kunne

1. (of motion) whither? where?

• kuhu

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 219

Akin to Veps kuna.

kunne

1. whither

kunne

1. alternative form of kyn

From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

kunne (present tense kan, simple past kunne, past participle kunnet)

1. can, could

   Jeg kan se deg.

   I can see you.

2. might

   Jeg kan komme, hvis jeg kan finne tid.

   I might come, if I can find the time.

3. can (be able to)

   Jeg kan spille fele.

   I can play the fiddle.

4. to know

   Jeg kan denne sangen.

   I know this song. (lit. I can do this song.)

• “kunne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²kʉnːə/
• Homophone: kunde (in some dialects)

kunne (present tense kan, past tense kunne, past participle kunna)

1. e-infinitive form of kunna (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

• “kunne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.