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kahn

/kˈɑn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
kahn
IPA
/kˈɑn/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a north German surname, from Low German Kane (“small boat”), from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“vessel, boat”). * Also as a north German surname, from a short form of Kahnert, a variant of Konrad. * Among Jews, a Germanicised form of Cohen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Kahnian

Homonyms

kohn kon

Rhymes With

on one-on-one come-on put-on run-on john non upon iran don jon con

Questions

How do you pronounce kahn?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑn/.
What does kahn mean?
A surname from German.
Where does kahn come from?
It is traced to German.

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