"bekennen" meaning in Dutch

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Verb

IPA: /bəˈkɛnə(n)/ Audio: Nl-bekennen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛnən Etymology: From Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen. Equivalent to be- + kennen. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|bekennen}} Middle Dutch bekennen, {{inh|nl|odt|bikennen}} Old Dutch bikennen, {{prefix|nl|be|kennen}} be- + kennen 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], 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
  2. (transitive) to see, to make out, to discern Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bekennen-nl-verb-AWdjTl7z
  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-, Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Middle Dutch terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 21 30 50 Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with be-: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with be-: 19 33 48 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 15 3 5 30 2 4 3 2 26 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch terms prefixed with be-: 3 5 12 3 6 25 3 5 3 3 28 3 3 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bekenning, bekentenis

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bekennen meaning in Dutch (5.9kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.