Adjective: bekant
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
bekante
All Other Forms
bekanta
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
| Comparative | mer bekant; mer bekant; mer bekanta; mer bekanta |
| Superlative | mest bekant; mest bekant; mest bekanta; mest bekanta |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like bekant
kringsynt,
bestört,
uppvikt,
boksynt,
lättsmält,
hårdsint,
dödstyst,
funktionsnedsatt,
förtjust,
förryckt,
ogenomtänkt,
hårdsmält,
brunhyllt,
godlynt,
relevant,
smaksatt,
dubbelvikt,
eftersatt,
eftersökt,
intressant, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
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”). See: German Adjectives '
bekannt'.
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