Ken

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English

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Noun

ken

  1. knowledge or perception
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Verb

Infinitive
to ken

Third person singular
kens

Simple past
kenned or kent

Past participle
kenned or kent

Present participle
kenning

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to know, perceive or understand

  1. Do ye ken John Peel with his coat so gay? - 18th century ballad
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Related terms


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Dutch

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Verb

ken

  1. know (first-person singular present tense of kennen, to know)


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Finnish

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Pronoun

ken

  1. (interrogative) who
  2. (indefinite) whoever
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Etymology

From the same Uralic root *ki as Hungarian ki

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Synonyms

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Usage notes

  • Ken is archaic in tone.


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Hungarian

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Verb

ken

  1. smear


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Japanese

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Romaji

けん (ken)

  1. 剣: sword
  2. 県: prefecture
  3. 間: (architecture) interval, space of piller; (length unit) about 1.8 metre.
  4. 兼: concurrently


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Kurdish

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Noun

ken

  1. laugh
  2. smilefr:ken

la:ken pl:ken fi:ken zh:ken

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