Kanne
See also: kanne
Englisch
editEtymology
editProper noun
editKanne (plural Kannes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kanne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNomen
editKanne f (genitive Kanne, plural Kannen, diminutive Kännchen n)
- jug, pitcher, pot, can (as in teapot and watering can)
- (slang, especially Ruhrgebiet) a bottle, typically of beer
- 2002, M. Dinter, M. Ritzenhoff, P. Thorwarth, 0:16:10 from the start, in Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht, spoken by Kalle (Ralf Richter):
- Jetz’ kuck dir dat do’ ma’ an hier! Ohohoho, nein, dat schöne Bier! Da sind do’ unsere Kannen drin, Junge, dat kannste do’ nich’ machen!
- Now look at this! Ohohoho, no, the good beer! In here is where our bottles are, boy, how could you do that!
Declension
editDeclension of Kanne [feminine]
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kanne”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
editPennsylvania German
editNomen
editKanne
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