bekende
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German bekennen, from be- + kennen (“to know”). Compare German bekennen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bekende (past tense bekendte, past participle bekendt)
- to confess (faith)
- to admit (something immoral, something personal)
- to follow suit (to play a card of the same suit)
Conjugation[edit]
Inflection of bekende
Synonyms[edit]
- (confess): tilstå
- (admit): indrømme
- (follow suit): bekende kulør
Derived terms[edit]
- bekendelse ("confession", "creed")
- bekender ("confessor")
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From bekend.
Noun[edit]
bekende m (plural bekenden, diminutive bekendetje n)
- An acquaintance, someone known/trusted to the person of reference, yet often less than a friend
- Synonym: kennis
- (with the definite article: het bekende) The known, what one is familiar with
- Synonym: vertrouwde
- Het bekende lijkt meestal veiliger maar saaier.
- The known usually seems safer but duller.
Antonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bekende
- inflection of bekend:
Participle[edit]
bekende
- inflection of bekend:
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
bekende
Anagrams[edit]
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bekende c (plural bekenden)
Further reading[edit]
- “bekende”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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