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bekennen.

to acknowledge, confess

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈkɛnə(n)/
  1. to acknowledge, confess

    transitive
  2. to see, to make out, to discern

    transitive
  3. to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge

    euphemistic · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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