Meaning of känd | Babel Free

Definitions

1. stump, stub
2. an elderly person
   figuratively
3. from which sth or sb evolves or originates; kin, kinship
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele”

the apple does not fall far from the tree

“Nendegi uulitsal võttis number kümnenda maja omanik, seitsmekümne kahe aastane känd, uue naise, priske, naerulõkerdava kolmekümne viiese emanda. Ei kannatanud lesepõlve välja.”

Even on their own street, the owner of house No. 10, a seventy-two-year-old man, took a new wife, a plump, smiling thirty-five-year-old woman. He just couldn't endure widowhood.

“Nagu kogu Eesti waimuelu, nii põlweneb ka Eesti teater Saksa kännust ja saab omad inspiratsioonid mitme aastakümne jooksul pääasjaliselt Saksa eeskujudelt.”

Like the Estonian intellectual life as a whole, Estonian theatre has its roots in Germany and has been inspired for many decades mainly by German models.

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