"bekennen" meaning in Dutch

See bekennen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bəˈkɛnə(n)/ Audio: Nl-bekennen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛnən 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|bekennen}} Middle Dutch bekennen, {{inh|nl|odt|bikennen}} Old Dutch bikennen, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*bikannijan}} Proto-West Germanic *bikannijan, {{prefix|nl|be|kennen}} be- + kennen, {{cog|de|bekennen}} German bekennen, {{cog|en|-}} English, {{cog|sco|beken}} Scots beken Head templates: {{nl-verb}} bekennen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|ken|kenne|pref=be}} Forms: weak [table-tags], bekennen [infinitive], bekennen [gerund, neuter], beken [first-person, present, singular], bekende [first-person, past, singular], bekent [present, second-person, singular], beken [present, second-person, singular], bekende [past, second-person, singular], bekent [formal, present, second-person, singular], bekende [formal, past, second-person, singular], bekent [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], bekent [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], bekende [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], bekende [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], bekent [present, singular, third-person], bekende [past, singular, third-person], bekennen [plural, present], bekenden [past, plural], bekenne [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], bekende [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], bekennen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], bekenden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], beken [imperative, present, singular], bekent [archaic, imperative, plural, present], bekennend [participle, present], bekend [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to acknowledge, confess Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bekennen-nl-verb-5oSikMIb Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 16 40
  2. (transitive) to see, to make out, to discern Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bekennen-nl-verb-AWdjTl7z Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 16 40
  3. (transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge Tags: euphemistic, transitive Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-bekennen-nl-verb-hYNqANzy Categories (other): Dutch euphemisms, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch prefixed verbs with be-, Dutch terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 16 40 Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with be-: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with be-: 27 28 45 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bekenning, bekentenis

Inflected forms

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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "German bekennen",
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        "singular"
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    {
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bekenden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bekenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to acknowledge, confess"
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        "(transitive) to acknowledge, confess"
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      "glosses": [
        "to see, to make out, to discern"
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      "id": "en-bekennen-nl-verb-AWdjTl7z",
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "make out",
          "make out"
        ],
        [
          "discern",
          "discern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to see, to make out, to discern"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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          "name": "Bible",
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          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
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      "glosses": [
        "to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge"
      ],
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          "biblical",
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          "have sex",
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        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/bəˈkɛnə(n)/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bekennen"
}
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    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Dutch weak verbs",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "bekende",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "bekenden",
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        "plural"
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        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "bekende",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bekennen",
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        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
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    {
      "form": "bekenden",
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        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bekent",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "bekend",
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        "past"
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        "to acknowledge, confess"
      ],
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          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
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          "confess",
          "confess"
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        "(transitive) to acknowledge, confess"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see, to make out, to discern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "make out",
          "make out"
        ],
        [
          "discern",
          "discern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to see, to make out, to discern"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch euphemisms",
        "Dutch transitive verbs",
        "nl:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, biblical, euphemistic) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈkɛnə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-bekennen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/Nl-bekennen.ogg/Nl-bekennen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Nl-bekennen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bekennen"
}

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