bekennen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen. Equivalent to be- +‎ kennen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈkɛnə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧ken‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Verb

bekennen

  1. (transitive) to acknowledge, confess
  2. (transitive) to see, to make out, to discern
  3. (transitive, dated) to have sex, to know

Inflection

Inflection of bekennen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bekennen
past singular bekende
past participle bekend
infinitive bekennen
gerund bekennen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular bekenbekende
2nd person sing. (jij) bekentbekende
2nd person sing. (u) bekentbekende
2nd person sing. (gij) bekentbekende
3rd person singular bekentbekende
plural bekennenbekenden
subjunctive sing.1 bekennebekende
subjunctive plur.1 bekennenbekenden
imperative sing. beken
imperative plur.1 bekent
participles bekennendbekend
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

be- +‎ kennen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈkɛnən]
  • Audio(file)

Verb

bekennen (strong, third-person singular simple present bekennt, past tense bekannte, past participle bekannt, past subjunctive bekennte, auxiliary haben)

  1. to confess

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bikennen. Equivalent to be- +‎ kennen.

Verb

bekennen

  1. to get to know, to learn of
  2. to notice
  3. to see
  4. to recognise
  5. to know
  6. to acknowledge, to discern

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • bekenlijc
  • bekennere
  • bekenninge
  • bekennisse

Descendants

Further reading

  • “bekennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “bekennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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