kühn
German (Berlin)
/kyːn/
adj
Definitions
- daring; audacious
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German küene inherited from Old High German kuoni inherited from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (clever, brave, knowledgeable, bold, capable, experienced, skilful).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kōniz
Gloss
clever, brave, knowledgeable, bold, capable, experienced, skilful
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- keen English
- keener English
- keeneth English
- keenly English
- keenness English
- keeno English
- overkeen English
- unkeen English
- Konrad German
- Kühnheit German
- Tollkühnheit German
- toll German
- tollkühn German
- Koenraad Dutch, Flemish
- koen Dutch, Flemish
- koenheid Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *kōniz Proto-Germanic
- *rēdaz Proto-Germanic
- cene Old English
- cēne Old English
- kene Middle English
- kœnn Old Norse
- coene Middle Dutch
- kuoni Old High German
- küene Middle High German
- kéng Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *kuoni Old Dutch
- *kēne Old Frisian