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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bekende

  1. Inflected form of bekend

Participle

bekende

  1. Inflected form of bekend

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bekende

  1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of bekennen

Anagrams

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
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