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  • 61Ken — Kurzform von Namen mit »Ken«. Namensträger: Ken Loach, britischer Filmregisseur …

    Deutsch namen

  • 62Ken — I Provenance. Diminutif de Kenelm. Vient du celte ken et el Signifie: beau et richesse . Se fête le 17 juillet. Histoire. On ne sait rien de précis sur saint Kenelm, sauf qu il est de famille noble et comte de Mercie, en Angleterre, au IXème… …

    Dictionnaire des prénoms français, arabes et bretons

  • 63ken — [[t]ke̱n[/t]] PHRASE: usu v link PHR If something is beyond your ken, you do not have enough knowledge to be able to understand it. The subject matter was so technical as to be beyond the ken of the average layman …

    English dictionary

  • 64ken — 1 noun beyond your ken outside your knowledge or understanding 2 verb (I, T) ScotE to know: D ye ken John Peel? …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65ken — [[t]kɛn[/t]] n. v. kenned kent, ken•ning 1) knowledge or understanding: an idea beyond one s ken[/ex] 2) range of sight or vision 3) scot. Chiefly Scot. to understand or know about 4) archaic to see; recognize 5) scot. Chiefly Scot. to know;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 66ken —    a traditional Japanese unit of length comparable to the English fathom.    The ken equals 6 shaku, which is about 1.818 meters (5.965 feet). The ken is the length of a traditional tatami mat. At sea, this unit is also called the hiro …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 67ken —  to know ; also to observe at a distance. I ken him afar off. N. Out of ken, ought of sight …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 68-ken — aus der Kombination der Suffixe k und n (> kn > ken) entstandene, niederdeutsche Endung zur Ableitung von Gattungs und Personennamen, die der hochdeutschen Endung chen entspricht …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 69ken — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Know, understand. Example: Ah ken whit ah wid dae. (I know what I would do) verb: to know, understand Used by carrot crunchers*, bumpkins** and a few teuchters*** who are insufficiently edumacated to realise that… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 70Ken — n American a male dullard, a (clean cut) bland con formist youth or man. Ken is the name given to the male counterpart of the Bar b ie Doll …

    Contemporary slang