bekende
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German bekennen, from be- + kennen (“to know”). Compare German bekennen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbekende (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
editInflection of bekende
Synonyms
edit- (confess): tilstå
- (admit): indrømme
- (follow suit): bekende kulør
Derived terms
edit- bekendelse ("confession", "creed")
- bekender ("confessor")
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom bekend.
Noun
editbekende 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
editDescendants
editAdjective
editbekende
- inflection of bekend:
Participle
editbekende
- inflection of bekend:
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editbekende
Anagrams
editWest Frisian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbekende c (plural bekenden)
Further reading
edit- “bekende”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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