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Conjugation of the German verb kennen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb kennen, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
kennen	to be acquainted with

Present		Scored
ich kenne	I am acquainted with
du kennst	you are acquainted with
er kennt	he is acquainted with
sie kennt	she is acquainted with
wir kennen	we are acquainted with
ihr kennt	you are acquainted with
sie kennen	they are acquainted with

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich kannte	I was acquainted with
du kanntest	you were acquainted with
er kannte	he was acquainted with
sie kannte	she was acquainted with
wir kannten	we were acquainted with
ihr kanntet	you were acquainted with
sie kannten	they were acquainted with

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gekannt	I was acquainted with
du hast gekannt	you were acquainted with
er hat gekannt	he was acquainted with
es hat gekannt	she was acquainted with
wir haben gekannt	we were acquainted with
ihr habt gekannt	you were acquainted with
sie haben gekannt	they were acquainted with

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte gekannt	I had been acquainted with
du hattest gekannt	you had been acquainted with
er hatte gekannt	he had been acquainted with
es hatte gekannt	she had been acquainted with
wir hatten gekannt	we had been acquainted with
ihr hattet gekannt	you had been acquainted with
sie hatten gekannt	they had been acquainted with

Future		Scored
ich werde kennen	I will be acquainted with
du wirst kennen	you will be acquainted with
er wird kennen	he will be acquainted with
sie wird kennen	she will be acquainted with
wir werden kennen	we will be acquainted with
ihr werdet kennen	you will be acquainted with
sie werden kennen	they will be acquainted with

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde gekannt haben	I will have been acquainted with
du wirst gekannt haben	you will have been acquainted with
er wird gekannt haben	he will have been acquainted with
es wird gekannt haben	she will have been acquainted with
wir werden gekannt haben	we will have been acquainted with
ihr werdet gekannt haben	you will have been acquainted with
sie werden gekannt haben	they will have been acquainted with

Conditional		Scored
ich würde kennen	I would be acquainted with
du würdest kennen	you would be acquainted with
er würde kennen	he would be acquainted with
sie würde kennen	she would be acquainted with
wir würden kennen	we would be acquainted with
ihr würdet kennen	you would be acquainted with
sie würden kennen	they would be acquainted with

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte gekannt	I would have been acquainted with
du hättest gekannt	you would have been acquainted with
er hätte gekannt	he would have been acquainted with
es hätte gekannt	she would have been acquainted with
wir hätten gekannt	we would have been acquainted with
ihr hättet gekannt	you would have been acquainted with
sie hätten gekannt	they would have been acquainted with

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich kennte	I would be acquainted with
du kenntest	you would be acquainted with
er kennte	he would be acquainted with
sie kennte	she would be acquainted with
wir kennten	we would be acquainted with
ihr kenntet	you would be acquainted with
sie kennten	they would be acquainted with

Imperative		Scored
kenn	Be acquainted with
kennen wir	Let's be acquainted with
kennt	Be acquainted with

Present Participle		Scored
kennend	is being acquainted with

Past Participle		Scored
gekannt	been acquainted with

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