bekende
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bekennen, from be- + kennen (“to know”). Compare German bekennen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bekende (past tense bekendte, past participle bekendt)
- to confess (faith)
- to admit (something immoral, something personal)
- to follow suit (to play a card of the same suit)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of bekende
Synonyms edit
- (confess): tilstå
- (admit): indrømme
- (follow suit): bekende kulør
Derived terms edit
- bekendelse ("confession", "creed")
- bekender ("confessor")
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From bekend.
Noun edit
bekende m (plural bekenden, diminutive bekendetje n)
- An acquaintance, someone known/trusted to the person of reference, yet often less than a friend
- Synonym: kennis
- (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 edit
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
bekende
- inflection of bekend:
Participle edit
bekende
- inflection of bekend:
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bekende
Anagrams edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bekende c (plural bekenden)
Further reading edit
- “bekende”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011