Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

känn

hunch, intuition, "feel"Also the imperative of känna.

Meaning

hunch, intuition, "feel"

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What does känn mean?

Expressions

ha på känn
have a hunch

Questions

What does känn mean in English?

känn means “hunch, intuition, "feel"”.

Origin

Deverbal from känna (“to feel”).

Nearby common words

känn is number 2,229 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,225utsätta expose
2,226tjugo twenty
2,227korkad stupid
2,228post mail, post
2,230morsa to greet
2,231spruta spray, spurt
2,232skäms shame on you (you should be ashamed of yourself)
2,233värde value, worth

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