beken

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +‎ ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈkɛn/, /bəˈkɛn/

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:

     Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.

4. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
5. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
6. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

• Benke, nebek

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːkə(n)/
• Rhymes: -eːkən

beken

1. plural of beek

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• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛn/

beken

1. inflection of bekennen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

be- (“onto”) +‎ ken (“smear”)

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• Hyphenation: be‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛn

beken

1. (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)

   bekeni az arcát krémmel ― to apply cream on one's face

• beken in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• beken in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Dutch bekend (“(well-)known”), from Middle Dutch bekent, part participle of bekennen (“to know”).

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• Hyphenation: bê‧kèn

bêkèn

1. (colloquial) (well-)known

• “beken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• beeken, beekne, bekene, bekne, bekyn, biken

Inherited from Old English bēacn, bēcn, from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːkən/, /ˈbɛːkən/

beken (plural bekenes)

1. A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
2. (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
3. (rare) A lighthouse.
4. (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

• bekenen

• English: beacon
• Scots: beikin, bekin

• “bẹ̄ken, bēken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.