ken – Scots verb conjugation

Scots verb forms of ken

Infinitive

ken

Participles

Presentkennin
Pastkent

Present

kens

Past

kent

Verbs conjugated like ken

ken,

Etymology

From Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”), originally "make to know", causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”); from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną. See: Middle English 'kennen', Old English 'cennan', Proto-Germanic '*kannijaną'.

Verbs referencing "ken"

Cimbrian khénnan.

Translations

  • know, have knowledge of
  • understand, to grasp the meaning of