1. to ask, to inquire (In context of asking people you don't really know for some piece of information. Sounds formal and is not used among friends.)
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erkundigen (sich)
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Kunde means customer. But also knowledge. And kündigen mean to fire someone. Today, we’ll find out what connects all those and learn some more cool words.
Vocab:
der Kunde, sich erkundigen,kündigen, ankündigen, die Kündigung, die Urkunde
Word Family
Root: *gno-
The core idea of this root was
knowing
It’s the origin of can and to know and a big branch of Latin and Greek words that are all about knowledge in some way.
Here’s a little (incomplete) overview:
- can, could (“knowledge, skill”)
- to know, knowledge, acknowledge (“to know”)
- cognition (“get to know”)
- agnostic (“not knowing”)
- ignore, ignorant (“not knowing”)
- incognito (“unknown”)
- connoisseur (“the knower”)
- diagnose (“know about someone else”)
- recognize (“know again”)
- physiognomy (“knowledge of the physique”)
- notice, notify
- noble (“the known ones”)
bekanntunbekanntBekanntebekennenerkennenaberkennenanerkennenAnerkennungerkennbarErkenntnisGesichtserkennungwiedererkennenKenntnisMenschenkenntnisKennzeichenKundeankündigenAnkündigungBaumkundebekundenErdkundeerkundigen (sich)HeilkundekündigenkündbarKündigungKündigungsfristKundschafterauskundschaftenortskundigSexualkundesich kundig machenUrkundeVogelkundeVölkerkundeWarenkundeKundeerkundenKundschaftStammkundeverkündenSchön, dich kennenzulernen.sich auskennen (mit)verkennen
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