y'know

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jəˈnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /jəˈnoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Contraction

y'know

1. (informal) alternative form of you know.

   Y'know, come to think of it, you're right.

   That's not helpin' anything, y'know.

   But I guess that's life, y'know?

   • 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet et al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!‎^[1]:

     Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
     I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door.
     There was plenty of room on the raft.
     I know. I know, I know.

Translations

you know

• Finnish: tiiäthän
• French: t’vois, t’sais
• German: weißte (de)
• Greek: ξες (xes)
• Hebrew: אתה מבין, את מבינה
• Icelandic: þúst
• Japanese: ね (ja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vettu

  Nynorsk: veittu, vettu

• Spanish: sabes (es)
• Swedish: vettu
• Ukrainian: ’наєш (ʺnaješ)
• Welsh: (North) 'sti; (South) timod, t'mod

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