bekant
See also: bekänt
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bicant. Contrary to the standard form bijkans, this form lacks the adverbial -s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈkɑnt/
- Hyphenation: be‧kant
Adverb
bekant
- (dialectal) Alternative form of bijkans
Swedish
Etymology
Direct loan from German bekannt (“known”), where it is the participle of the verb bekennen (“to confess”). The verb was separately loaned to Swedish as bekänna, where the Swedish past participle is bekänd (“confessed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈkant/
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Adjective
bekant
- known, familiar
Declension
| Inflection of bekant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bekant | mer bekant | mest bekant |
| Neuter singular | bekant | mer bekant | mest bekant |
| Plural | bekanta | mer bekanta | mest bekanta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bekante | mer bekante | mest bekante |
| All | bekanta | mer bekanta | mest bekanta |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Related terms
- bekantgöra
- bekantskap
Noun
bekant c
- an acquaintance
Declension
| Declension of bekant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bekant | bekanta | bekanta | bekanta |
| Genitive | bekants | bekantas | bekantas | bekantas |
| Declension of bekant (male) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bekant | bekante | bekanta | bekanta |
| Genitive | bekants | bekantes | bekantas | bekantas |
See also
- främmande