kunna

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʊnːa/
• Rhymes: -ʊnːa

kunna (third person singular past indicative kundi, third person plural past indicative kundu, supine kunnað)

1. can, to be able to
2. to know

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʏnːa/
• Rhymes: -ʏnːa

kunna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kann, third-person singular past indicative kunni, supine kunnað)

1. (with accusative) to know, to be able to, to know how to

   Kanntu þetta?

   Do you know this?

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

1. Alternative form of kunne

From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

kunna

1. to be able (to), can

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: kön

  Hallig: kune

  Helgoland: kan

  Mooring: koone

  Sylt: ken

• Saterland Frisian: konne
• West Frisian: kinne

From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

kunna

1. to know, understand, be able to
2. to know (by memory)
3. to know, be familiar with (a person)

• kenna
• kná
• kœnn

• kunna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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

kunna

1. can, to be able
2. to know

• Swedish: kunna

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɵˌnːa/

kunna

1. can, to be able to
2. to know, to have as knowledge
3. to know, to understand
4. to know how to do

The English verb know has several different translations in Swedish, and the correct choice is not always obvious:

• veta -- This is used mainly about theoretical knowledge (to know individual facts), while kunna also assumes ability, or even proficiency in the use of the knowledge.
• veta om -- To be aware of.
• känna -- To know about a person or their intentions (also: to recognize someone, to know someone's name).
• känna till -- About knowing a (small) specific piece of fact; be (loosely) aware of. May indicate that the facts are a bit distant or less important to the person.