bekennen

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

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɛnə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ken‧nen
• Rhymes: -ɛnən

bekennen

1. (transitive) to acknowledge, confess
2. (transitive) to see, to make out, to discern
3. (transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge

• bekenning
• bekentenis

• Afrikaans: beken
• Negerhollands: beken, bekennen

be- +‎ kennen. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English beken.

• IPA^(key): [bəˈkɛnən]

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

1. (transitive) to confess, to admit
2. (transitive) to bear witness, to avow

   Farbe bekennen ― to show one's true colors

3. (reflexive, often with zu (“to/with/on”)) to pledge oneself (to), to commit (to), to declare one's affiliation (with), to take a stand (on)

   sich zu einer Religion bekennen

   to profess / to commit to a religion

4. (reflexive, law) to plead

   Der Beklagte bekannte sich schuldig.

   The defendant pleaded guilty.

• “bekennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bekennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bekennen” in Duden online
• “bekennen” in OpenThesaurus.de

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

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• bekenlijc
• bekennere
• bekenninge
• bekennisse

• Dutch: bekennen
• Limburgish: bekènne

• “bekennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bekennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN