bekende

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈkʰɛnˀə]

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

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

Derived terms

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛndə/

• Audio:

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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

   Synonym: vertrouwde

   Het bekende lijkt meestal veiliger maar saaier.

   The known usually seems safer but duller.

Antonyms

• onbekende

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

• bedenke

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