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/
• 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/

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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	Superlative2
Common singular	bekant	mer bekant	mest bekant
Neuter singular	bekant	mer bekant	mest bekant
Plural	bekanta	mer bekanta	mest bekanta
Masculine plural3	bekante	mer bekanta	mest bekanta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bekante	mer bekante	mest bekante
All	bekanta	mer bekanta	mest bekanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• bekantgöra
• bekantskap

Noun

bekant c

1. an acquaintance

Declension

Declension of bekant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bekant	bekanta	bekanta	bekanta
Genitive	bekants	bekantas	bekantas	bekantas

Declension of bekant (male)
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bekant	bekante	bekanta	bekanta
Genitive	bekants	bekantes	bekantas	bekantas

See also

• främmande

Further reading

• bekant in Svensk ordbok.