"bekennen" meaning in German

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Verb

IPA: [bəˈkɛnən] Audio: De-bekennen.ogg
Etymology: be- + kennen. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English beken. Etymology templates: {{prefix|de|be|kennen}} be- + kennen, {{cog|en|beken}} English beken Head templates: {{de-verb|bekennen<bekannte,bekannt,bekennte>}} bekennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present bekennt, past tense bekannte, past participle bekannt, past subjunctive bekennte, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|bekennen<bekannte,bekannt,bekennte>}} Forms: bekennt [present, singular, third-person], bekannte [past], bekannt [participle, past], bekennte [past, subjunctive], haben [auxiliary], irregular weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], bekennen [infinitive], bekennend [participle, present], bekannt [participle, past], bekenne [first-person, indicative, present, singular], bekennen [first-person, indicative, plural, present], bekenne [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], bekennen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], bekennst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], bekennt [indicative, plural, present, second-person], bekennest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], bekennet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], bekennt [indicative, present, singular, third-person], bekennen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], bekenne [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], bekennen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], bekannte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], bekannten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], bekennte [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], bekennten [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], bekanntest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], bekanntet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], bekenntest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], bekenntet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], bekannte [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], bekannten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], bekennte [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], bekennten [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], bekenn [imperative, second-person, singular], bekenne [imperative, second-person, singular], bekennt [imperative, plural, second-person], irregular weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe bekannt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben bekannt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe bekannt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben bekannt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest bekannt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet bekannt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe bekannt [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben bekannt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte bekannt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten bekannt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte bekannt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten bekannt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest bekannt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet bekannt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten bekannt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte bekannt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten bekannt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], bekennen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden bekennen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst bekennen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet bekennen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird bekennen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden bekennen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden bekennen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], bekannt haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden bekannt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst bekannt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet bekannt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird bekannt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden bekannt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden bekannt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to confess, to admit Tags: irregular, transitive, weak
    Sense id: en-bekennen-de-verb-utXTJtgm
  2. (transitive) to bear witness, to avow Tags: irregular, transitive, weak
    Sense id: en-bekennen-de-verb-C5FlE0g3 Categories (other): German terms prefixed with be-, German verbs using haben as auxiliary Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with be-: 17 42 23 17 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 13 38 30 18
  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) Tags: irregular, often, reflexive, weak
    Sense id: en-bekennen-de-verb-bnYQr~Bu Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Middle Dutch terms prefixed with be-, German entries with incorrect language header 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 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 75 6
  4. (reflexive, law) to plead Tags: irregular, reflexive, weak Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-bekennen-de-verb-wzSza2gf Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bekennen, Bekenner, Bekennung, Bekenntnis, bekennend, bekannt

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bekenn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "bekennt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "irregular weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "haben bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hast bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habt bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habet bekannt",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hat bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hatte bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hatten bekannt",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätten bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hattest bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hattet bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten bekannt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekennen werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde bekennen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden bekennen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest bekennen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive",
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      "form": "habet bekannt",
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      "form": "hat bekannt",
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      "form": "haben bekannt",
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      "form": "haben bekannt",
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      "form": "hatte bekannt",
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      "form": "hatten bekannt",
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      "form": "hätte bekannt",
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      "form": "hätten bekannt",
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      "form": "hattest bekannt",
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      "form": "hattet bekannt",
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      "form": "hättest bekannt",
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      "form": "bekennen werden",
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        "future",
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        "multiword-construction"
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      "form": "werde bekennen",
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      "form": "werdest bekennen",
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      "form": "werdet bekennen",
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      "form": "werden bekennen",
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      "form": "würde bekennen",
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    {
      "form": "wirst bekennen",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "werdet bekennen",
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "würdest bekennen",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
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    {
      "form": "würdet bekennen",
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    {
      "form": "wird bekennen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden bekennen",
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    {
      "form": "würde bekennen",
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    {
      "form": "würden bekennen",
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      "form": "bekannt haben werden",
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        "multiword-construction"
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      "form": "werde bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "werden bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werdest bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werdet bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werde bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "werden bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werde bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werden bekannt haben",
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      "form": "würde bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "würden bekannt haben",
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      "form": "wirst bekannt haben",
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      "form": "werdet bekannt haben",
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      "form": "würdest bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "würdet bekannt haben",
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      "form": "wird bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "werden bekannt haben",
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    {
      "form": "würde bekannt haben",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "würden bekannt haben",
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to confess, to admit"
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          "admit"
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        "(transitive) to confess, to admit"
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        "irregular",
        "transitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "German transitive verbs"
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          "text": "Farbe bekennen",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "avow",
          "avow"
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        "(transitive) to bear witness, to avow"
      ],
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        "irregular",
        "transitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German reflexive verbs",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to profess / to commit to a religion",
          "text": "sich zu einer Religion bekennen",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(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)",
        "to pledge oneself (to), to commit (to), to declare one's affiliation (with), to take a stand (on)"
      ],
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        [
          "zu",
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        [
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          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
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        [
          "affiliation",
          "affiliation"
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        [
          "take a stand",
          "take a stand"
        ]
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        "(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)"
      ],
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        "with zu (“to/with/on”)"
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        "irregular",
        "often",
        "reflexive",
        "weak"
      ]
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        "German reflexive verbs",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "de:Law"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The defendant pleaded guilty.",
          "text": "Der Beklagte bekannte sich schuldig.",
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        }
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        "to plead"
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          "law",
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          "plead"
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        "(reflexive, law) to plead"
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        "irregular",
        "reflexive",
        "weak"
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        "law"
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    {
      "ipa": "[bəˈkɛnən]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-bekennen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/De-bekennen.ogg/De-bekennen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/De-bekennen.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bekennen"
}

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