bekänna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bekænna, from Middle Low German bekennen. Equivalent of be- +‎ känna. Cognate with Danish bekende, Norwegian Bokmål bekjenne, German bekennen and Dutch bekennen.

Verb

bekänna

to confess

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekänna (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	bekänna	bekännas
Present tense	bekänner	bekänns , bekännes
Past tense	bekände	bekändes
Supine	bekänt	bekänts
Imperative	bekänn	—
Present participle	bekännande
Past participle	bekänd

Related terms

bekännare
bekänna sig till
bekännelse

References

bekänna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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