"Læreren kjenner boken."

Translation: The teacher knows the book.

[MauriceReeves]

Is the difference between å kjenne and å vite the same as kennen and wissen in German?

Edit - changed the verb. Got mixed up. Sorry! :-D

[ErinL396857]

Å vite = to know
Å kjenne = be familiar with

They are used interchangeably but do have different meanings.

[fveldig]

å vente - to wait

I'm guessing you meant 'å vite', and while I'm no German linguist, they would probably be close I guess.

[MauriceReeves]

Yeah, sorry. That is what I meant. Perils of learning. :-D Thanks!

[turidbrox]

Same as conocer and saber in Spanish, if I'm not entirely mistaken.

[BettyJJ]

I thought "kjenner" means to know a person, so this sentence is surprising for me.

[ErinL396857]

It means 'to be familiar with' essentially. It could refer to a place, person, thing...

[Jamie103792]

Could you also say "Læreren vet boken"?

[Angie557432c]

My question as well... although im guessing "vet" is "knows with certainty"...while "kjenner" is "is familiar with" or knows something about...My best guess

[ErinL396857]

'Vet' is to know as a fact but in this situation, it isn't about knowing something as a fact but understanding it. I can know nothing about a book, know only very little about a book or know and understand a book very well. There are degrees to knowing about a book. I suppose on could know ('vet') a fact about a book, e.g. author, main character, etc. "Jeg vet at forfatteren av (til?) The Grape is Wrath er John Steinbeck men jeg kjenner ikke boken."

(I realize there may be mistakes in my sentence structure but I like to practice)

[Lisa703217]

What is the difference between using kjenner and vite?

[ErinL396857]

Å vite = to know
Å kjenne = to be familiar with, to recognize