kennende

Kennende is a grammatical form derived from the verb kennen, meaning to know, in Germanic languages. It functions as a present participle used in attributive or descriptive positions to refer to someone who knows, recognizes, or identifies something or someone. The term is not a separate lexical item but a morphological form that appears in certain inflectional patterns.

In German, the standard present participle is kennend. The form kenne nde can appear as an attributive participle with declined endings, for example in phrases like der kennende Zeuge “the witness who recognizes” or eine kennende Person “a person who recognizes.” In modern usage, such attributive participles are more common in literary or formal styles and are used to describe ongoing or characteristic action associated with the noun. Everyday German more often relies on subordinate clauses (eine Person, die kennt …) rather than a frequent use of the participle in the attributive position.

In Dutch, kennende is the present participle of kennen (to know) and is used similarly as an attributive adjective, for example de kennende student, meaning “the student who knows/recognizes.” Dutch frequently uses participles in this role to create concise descriptive phrases.

Overall, kennende is a specialized grammatical form tied to knowledge-related verbs in Germanic languages. It is not a standalone concept, but a surface form that appears in specific syntactic contexts. For most learners, the related forms kennend (German) and kennende (Dutch) are more commonly encountered, while kennende in German occurs less frequently and tends to appear in formal or literary text. See also kenne n, participles, and related adjective formations.