bekende

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bekennen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bekɛnə/, [b̥eˈkʰɛnˀə]

Verb

bekende (imperative bekend, infinitive at bekende, present tense bekender, past tense bekendte, perfect tense er/har bekendt)

1. confess
2. admit
3. follow suit (to play a card of the same suit)

Synonyms

• (confess): tilstå
• (admit): indrømme
• (follow suit): bekende kulør

Derived terms

• bekendelse ("confession", "creed")
• bekender ("confessor")

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛndə/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ken‧de
• Rhymes: -ɛndə

Etymology 1

From bekend.

Noun

bekende m (plural bekenden, diminutive bekendetje n)

1. An acquaintance, someone known/trusted to the person of reference, yet often less than a friend

   Synonym: kennis

2. (with the definite article: het bekende) The known, what one is familiar with

   Het bekende lijkt meestal veiliger maar saaier.

   The known usually seems safer but duller.

   Synonym: vertrouwde

Antonyms

• onbekende

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bekende

Adjective

bekende

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of bekend

Participle

bekende

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of bekend

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bekende

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative and subjunctive of bekennen

Anagrams

• bedenke

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West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛndə/

Noun

bekende c (plural bekenden)

1. acquaintance

Further reading

• “bekende”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011