Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unken

/ʌnˈkɛn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-ken
IPA: /ʌnˈkɛn/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of.

adj

Only used in unken reflex.

Etymology

Back-formation from unkenned, equivalent to un- + ken.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Unke

Inflected Forms

unkens (present, singular) unkenning (participle, present) unkenned (participle, past) unkenned (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce unken?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈkɛn/.
What does unken mean?: To not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of.
Where does unken come from?: It is traced to German.

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