bekennen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen, from Proto-West Germanic *bikannijan. Equivalent to be- +‎ kennen. Cognates include German bekennen, and English and Scots beken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈkɛnə(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧ken‧nen Rhymes: -ɛnən === Verb === bekennen (transitive) to acknowledge, confess (transitive) to see, to make out, to discern (transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bekenning bekentenis ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: beken Negerhollands: beken, bekennen == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bekennen, from Old High German bikennen, from Proto-West Germanic *bikannijan. Equivalent to be- +‎ kennen. Cognates include Dutch bekennen, and English and Scots beken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈkɛnən] (Germany) IPA(key): [b̥eˈkɛnɛn] (Austria) === Verb === bekennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present bekennt, past tense bekannte, past participle bekannt, past subjunctive bekennte, auxiliary haben) (transitive, literary) to confess, to avow, to profess (a belief, feeling, guilt, adherence to something) seine Liebe bekennen ― to confess one's love seine Religion bekennen ― to profess one's religion Farbe bekennen ― to show one's true colors (reflexive) to pledge oneself (to), to commit (to), to declare one's affiliation (with), to take a stand (on) [with zu (+ dative) ‘something, e.g. a belief or religion’] sich zu einer Religion bekennen ― to profess / to commit to a religion to claim responsibility (for) [with zu (+ dative) ‘an attack or similar act’] (reflexive, law) to plead ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bekennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bekennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bekennen” in Duden online “bekennen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch bikennen. Equivalent to be- +‎ kennen. === Verb === bekennen to get to know, to learn of to notice to see to recognise to know to acknowledge, to discern ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== bekenlijc bekennere bekenninge bekennisse ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bekennen Limburgish: bekènne === Further reading === “bekennen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bekennen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN