No. 4,450 in German
kennengelernt
"Kennengelernt" means "got to know" or "met."
In a sentence
Ich habe meinen besten Freund auf einer Reise kennengelernt.
I met my best friend on a trip.
In this sentence, 'kennengelernt' refers to the past act of coming to know or meet a person for the first time.
Hast du schon unsere neuen Nachbarn kennengelernt?
Have you already met our new neighbors?
Here, 'kennengelernt' questions whether the action of meeting a person has occurred.
Auf der Konferenz habe ich viele interessante Leute kennengelernt.
At the conference, I met many interesting people.
'kennengelernt' is used to describe the action of forming acquaintances during the event.
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