Verb

kennen|lernen

Translation

to get to know, to meet for the first time, to become acquainted with

Ich möchte dich kennen lernen.

I would like to get to know you.

Wir lernen eine neue Stadt kennen.

We are getting to know a new city.

((sb./sth.)) to get to know sb./sth. I want to get to know new people.

treffen (to meet), begegnen (to encounter)

Composed of 'kennen' (to know) and 'lernen' (to learn). Literally 'to learn to know'.

Think of it as a process: you 'learn' (lernen) 'to know' (kennen) someone or something over time.