ken – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ken

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ken
Participle: kenned
Gerund: kenning

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of ken

Indicative

Present

Iken
youken
he;she;itkens
weken
youken
theyken

Perfect

Ihave kenned
youhave kenned
he;she;ithas kenned
wehave kenned
youhave kenned
theyhave kenned

Past

Ikenned
youkenned
he;she;itkenned
wekenned
youkenned
theykenned

Pluperfect

Ihad kenned
youhad kenned
he;she;ithad kenned
wehad kenned
youhad kenned
theyhad kenned

Future

Iwill ken
youwill ken
he;she;itwill ken
wewill ken
youwill ken
theywill ken

Future Perfect

Iwill have kenned
youwill have kenned
he;she;itwill have kenned
wewill have kenned
youwill have kenned
theywill have kenned

Subjunctive

Present

Iken
youken
he;she;itken
weken
youken
theyken

Perfect

Ihave kenned
youhave kenned
he;she;ithave kenned
wehave kenned
youhave kenned
theyhave kenned

Imperfect

Ikenned
youkenned
he;she;itkenned
wekenned
youkenned
theykenned

Pluperfect

Ihad kenned
youhad kenned
he;she;ithad kenned
wehad kenned
youhad kenned
theyhad kenned

Conditional

Present

Iwould ken
youwould ken
he;she;itwould ken
wewould ken
youwould ken
theywould ken

Perfect

Iwould have kenned
youwould have kenned
he;she;itwould have kenned
wewould have kenned
youwould have kenned
theywould have kenned

Imperative

youken
weLet's ken
youken

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam kenning
youare kenning
he;she;itis kenning
weare kenning
youare kenning
theyare kenning

Perfect

Ihave been kenning
youhave been kenning
he;she;ithas been kenning
wehave been kenning
youhave been kenning
theyhave been kenning

Past

Iwas kenning
youwere kenning
he;she;itwas kenning
wewere kenning
youwere kenning
theywere kenning

Pluperfect

Ihad been kenning
youhad been kenning
he;she;ithad been kenning
wehad been kenning
youhad been kenning
theyhad been kenning

Future

Iwill be kenning
youwill be kenning
he;she;itwill be kenning
wewill be kenning
youwill be kenning
theywill be kenning

Future Perfect

Iwill have been kenning
youwill have been kenning
he;she;itwill have been kenning
wewill have been kenning
youwill have been kenning
theywill have been kenning

Conditional

Present

Iwould be kenning
youwould be kenning
he;she;itwould be kenning
wewould be kenning
youwould be kenning
theywould be kenning

Perfect

Iwould have been kenning
youwould have been kenning
he;she;itwould have been kenning
wewould have been kenning
youwould have been kenning
theywould have been kenning

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'ken'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'ken'

aken, den, gen, hen, kan, keen, keg, kent, kern, key,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to establish the identity of someone or something
clock, ID, identify, notice, recognize, twig
to catch sight of something; to take notice (visually)
catch sight of, clock, decern, descry, espy, goam, make out, spot, spy

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "to know," Scot. dial., from O.E. cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge," originally "make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (also "to have carnal knowledge"). Cf. O.N. kenna "to know, make known," O.Fris. kanna "to recognize, admit," Ger. kennen "to know," Goth. kannjan "to make known." The noun meaning "range of sight" (1590) is a nautical abbreviation of kenning.
2. From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną. See: Middle English 'kennen', Old English 'cennan', Proto-Germanic '*kanjaną'.

Verbs referencing "ken"

German, old spelling kennen, Low Saxon kennen, Luxembourgish kennen, Danish kende, Norwegian, nynorsk kjenna.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] everywhere, ” said Tom. “ Lor, you an't gwine to make me believe dat ar ! I know de Lord an't here, ” said the woman; “ ‘tan't no use talking, though. I's jest gwine to camp down, and sleep while I ken. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)