kennst

Kennts is the second-person singular present indicative form of the German verb kennen, which means to know someone or to be familiar with something through experience. It is used when addressing someone informal as “du.” The infinitive is kennen, and the full present tense conjugation is ich kenne, du kennst, er kennt, wir kennen, ihr kennt, sie kennen. The simple past forms include ich kannte, du kanntest, er kannte, wir kannten, ihr kanntet, sie kannten; the perfect tense is formed with haben and the past participle gekannt (Ich habe ihn gekannt).

Usage and meaning: kennen expresses familiarity with people, places, objects, or works that come from personal experience, rather than factual knowledge. It contrasts with wissen, which is used for knowing facts or information. Examples: Du kennst diese Stadt gut. Kennst du dieses Lied? Ich kenne ihn seit Jahren.

Grammar notes: kennen is a transitive verb and takes a direct object in the accusative (e.g., jemanden kennen, etwas kennen). Negation uses nicht: Du kennst ihn nicht. Questions commonly begin with kennst du…?

Related forms and phrases: the separable-verb form kennen lernen means “to get to know” someone; in contemporary usage both kennen lernen (two words) and kennenlernen (one word) are common, with kennenlernen increasingly treated as a single compound verb in modern texts. The past participle gekannt is used in perfect tenses (Ich habe ihn gekannt).

See also: contrast with wissen, use in everyday conversation, and common idioms involving ken­nen.