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bekant.

known, familiar

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj/bəˈkant/

  1. known, familiar

  2. acquainted

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German bekannt (“known, acquainted”), from Middle High German bekant, past participle of bekennen (“to know; to make known”). The verb also developed the sense “to confess” in German, which was separately loaned into Swedish as bekänna. Here the Swedish past participle is bekänd (“confessed”).

noun/bəˈkant/

  1. an acquaintance

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German bekannt (“known, acquainted”), from Middle High German bekant, past participle of bekennen (“to know; to make known”). The verb also developed the sense “to confess” in German, which was separately loaned into Swedish as bekänna. Here the Swedish past participle is bekänd (“confessed”).

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