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kennen: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat gekannt

In English: to know (be acquainted with) · A1

The answer

In the Perfekt, kennen takes: haben

Perfekt auxiliary
haben
Partizip II
gekannt
Perfekt
hat gekannt

Wortino stores one auxiliary per verb; some verbs can take both depending on the meaning.

Perfekt example

Ich habe meinen Vater nie gekannt.

I never knew my father.

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