bekänna
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bekænna, from Middle Low German bekennen. Equivalent of be- + känna. Cognate with Danish bekende, Norwegian Bokmål bekjenne, German bekennen and Dutch bekennen.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bekänna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bekänna | bekännas | ||
| Supine | bekänt | bekänts | ||
| Imperative | bekänn | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bekännen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bekänner | bekände | bekänns, bekännes | bekändes |
| Ind. plural1 | bekänna | bekände | bekännas | bekändes |
| Subjunctive2 | bekänne | bekände | bekännes | bekändes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bekännande | |||
| Past participle | bekänd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- bekännare
- bekänna sig till
- bekännelse
References
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