bekanntmachen

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Etymology

bekannt +‎ machen, cf. Dutch bekendmaken.

Verb

bekanntmachen (weak, third-person singular present macht bekannt, past tense machte bekannt, past participle bekanntgemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to make known
    • 1962, Miloš Bič, Das Buch Sacharja, Ost-Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, page 32:
      Der Prophet soll wissen – und der Bote, der mit ihm redete, soll es ihm bekanntmachen –, daß Jahwe mit Jerusalem Großes vorhat.
      The prophet is intended to know – and the messenger talking with him supposed to make it known to him –, that Yahve is planning something great with Jerusalem.

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