kän

kän

See also: kaen and k'än

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• käin (stressed)
• ken

Etymology

From Middle High German kein, from a merger of Middle High German dechein, dehein (“someone; anyone”) (from Old High German dehein) and Middle High German nechein, nehein (“not any”) (from Old High German nihein). Cognate with German kein.

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /kxæn/

Pronoun

kän

1. no
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Hesch keni Ohre? Hesch kes Mul meh?

     Have you got no ears? Have you got no mouth any more?

Declension

Declension of kän
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative/accusative	kän	kä	käs	käni
dative	käm	känere	käm	käni

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Westrobothnian

Verb

kän

1. Alternative spelling of kjän.