bekende

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bekennen, from be- +‎ kennen (“to know”). Compare German bekennen.

Pronunciation

Verb

bekende (past tense bekendte, past participle bekendt)

  1. to confess (faith)
  2. to admit (something immoral, something personal)
  3. to follow suit (to play a card of the same suit)

Conjugation

Inflection of bekende
present past
simple bekender bekendte
perfect har bekendt havde bekendt
passive bekendes bekendtes
participle bekendende bekendt
imperative bekend —
infinitive bekende —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund bekenden —

Synonyms

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈkɛndə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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
    Synonym: vertrouwde
    Het bekende lijkt meestal veiliger maar saaier.
    The known usually seems safer but duller.
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bekende
  • Negerhollands: bekend
  • → Sranan Tongo: bekenti

Adjective

bekende

  1. inflection of bekend:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Participle

bekende

  1. inflection of bekend:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bekende

  1. (dated or formal) singular past indicative/subjunctive of bekennen

Anagrams

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

bekende c (plural bekenden)

  1. acquaintance

Further reading

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