bekant

See also: bekänt

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bicant. Contrary to the standard form bijkans, this form lacks the adverbial -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: be‧kant

Adverb

bekant

1. (dialectal) alternative form of bijkans

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German bekannt (“known, acquainted”), from Middle High German bekant, past participle of bekennen (“to know; to make known”). The verb also developed the sense “to confess” in German, which was separately loaned into Swedish as bekänna. Here the Swedish past participle is bekänd (“confessed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkant/

• Audio:

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Adjective

bekant

1. (of a thing or subject) known, familiar
2. (of people) acquainted

Declension

Inflection of bekant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	bekant	mer bekant	mest bekant
neuter singular	bekant	mer bekant	mest bekant
plural	bekanta	mer bekanta	mest bekanta
masculine plural2	bekante	mer bekanta	mest bekanta
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bekante	mer bekante	mest bekante
all	bekanta	mer bekanta	mest bekanta

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• bekantgöra
• bekantskap

Noun

bekant c

1. an acquaintance

Declension

Declension of bekant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bekant	bekants
	definite	bekanta	bekantas
plural	indefinite	bekanta	bekantas
	definite	bekanta	bekantas

Declension of bekant (male)

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bekant	bekants
	definite	bekante	bekantes
plural	indefinite	bekanta	bekantas
	definite	bekanta	bekantas

See also

• främmande

Further reading

• “bekant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)