kennenlernen
to get to know
- Past (Präteritum)
- lernte kennen
- Past participle
- kennengelernt (haben)
Regular weak separable verb requiring haben. It describes the process of becoming acquainted with a person, place, or abstract concept for the first time. It is frequently used in social contexts when meeting new people or exploring new environments. Note that the infinitive is often spelled as two words in some older orthographies, though the single-word spelling is standard in modern German.
Conjugation
Present
- lernt kennen
- present, singular, third-person
- lerne kennen
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- lernen kennen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- lernst kennen
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- kennenlerne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- lern kennen
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- lernte kennen
- past
- lernten kennen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- lerntest kennen
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- lerntet kennen
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- kennenlernte
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- kennenlerntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- kennenlerntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- lerne kennen
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lernen kennen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lernest kennen
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lernet kennen
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lernte kennen
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lernten kennen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lerntest kennen
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lerntet kennen
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- kennenlerne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- kennenlernten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- kennenlerntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- kennenlerntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe kennengelernt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben kennengelernt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest kennengelernt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet kennengelernt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte kennengelernt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten kennengelernt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest kennengelernt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet kennengelernt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest kennenlernen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet kennenlernen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- lern kennen
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lerne kennen
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lernt kennen
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- kennengelernt
- participle, past
- kennenlernend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- kennenlernen
- infinitive
- kennenzulernen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe kennengelernt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben kennengelernt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast kennengelernt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt kennengelernt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat kennengelernt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte kennengelernt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten kennengelernt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest kennengelernt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet kennengelernt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- kennenlernen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden kennenlernen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst kennenlernen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet kennenlernen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird kennenlernen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- kennengelernt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde kennengelernt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden kennengelernt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst kennengelernt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet kennengelernt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird kennengelernt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- kennen lernen
- alternative