känns

Känns is the present tense form of the Swedish pronominal verb kännas, used to express how something feels or seems. It is most commonly used in impersonal constructions with a neutral subject such as det, and it does not take a direct object in its standard usage. The sense covers both physical sensations and subjective impressions, often translating to “feels” or “seems” in English.

Grammatical notes and typical constructions include det känns bra (it feels good) and det känns som om ... (it seems as if ...). The form is widely used in everyday speech to describe current states or impressions, and it can introduce subordinate clauses that express a perceived situation or condition. Because kännas is pronominal, it behaves differently from the active känna when a direct object is involved; det känns is a common, natural impersonal construction in Swedish.

Etymology and related forms: kännas derives from känna, meaning to feel or to know, with the reflexive/reciprocal suffix -as to form the pronominal verb kännas. It has cognates in other Scandinavian languages (for example Norwegian kjenne and Danish kende) and shares semantic space with the English verb to feel. In usage, kännas often conveys subjective or experiential aspects of a situation rather than an objective property.

Overall, känns serves as a central lexical tool in Swedish for describing immediate sensations, moods, and perceived appearances, most naturally in impersonal clauses such as Det känns ... and Hur känns det?