bekend

Meaning

1. known
2. familiar, trusted

well-known

familiar

known

famous

acquainted

noted

abreast

celebrated

renowned

well known

distinguished

eminent

illustrious

notorious

beknown

knownst

couth

larger-than-life

Frequency

Hyphenated as

be‧kend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈkɛnt/

From Middle Dutch bekent, past participle of bekennen (“to know”).

New

bekennen

(transitive) to acknowledge, confess
(transitive) to see, to make out, to discern
(euphemistic,transitive) to have sex, to know, have carnal knowledge

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Sentences

Ze is een bekend model .

She is a well-known model.

De verkiezingsuitslag is nog niet bekend .

The election results are not yet known.

Audi is een bekend merk van wagens .

Audi is a well-known brand of cars.

Genk

is onder andere bekend van de mijnen .

Genk is known for its mines, among other things.

Ali Baba en de veertig
40

rovers is een bekend sprookje .

Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers is a well-known fairy tale.

In de buurt van Caïro ligt de Piramide van Cheops, ook bekend als de Grote Piramide .

Near Cairo is the Pyramid of Cheops, also known as the Great Pyramid.

Nicolas Tesla is een beroemde uitvinder die bekend staat om de uitvinding en ontwikkeling van de wisselstroomgenerator.

Nicolas Tesla is a famous inventor known for the invention and development of the alternator.

Jean-Claude Van Damme is bekend geworden met actiefilms.

Jean-Claude Van Damme has become known for action films.

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