bekant

From Middle Dutch bicant. Contrary to the standard form bijkans, this form lacks the adverbial -s.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: be‧kant

bekant

1. (dialectal) alternative form of bijkans

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”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkant/

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bekant

1. (of a thing or subject) known, familiar
2. (of people) acquainted

• bekantgöra
• bekantskap

bekant c

1. an acquaintance

• främmande

• bekant in Svensk ordbok.