Kanne

See also: kanne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kanne.

Proper noun

Kanne (plural Kannes)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kanne is the 39773rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 552 individuals. Kanne is most common among White (93.84%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kanne, Old High German channa, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ. Cognate with Old Norse kanna, Old English canne, English can, French canette (“small can”), Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐍉 (*kannō).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkanə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -anə

Noun

Kanne f (genitive Kanne, plural Kannen, diminutive Kännchen n)

  1. can, jug, pot

Declension
Declension of Kanne [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kanne die Kannen
genitive einer der Kanne der Kannen
dative einer der Kanne den Kannen
accusative eine die Kanne die Kannen

Derived terms

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kanne”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “Kanne” in Duden online
  • “Kanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Kanne

  1. plural of Kann
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