different between beken vs baken

English

Etymology

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +? ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/, /b??k?n/

Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.

4. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
5. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
6. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

Anagrams

• Benke, nebek

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?(n)/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Noun

beken

1. Plural form of beek

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/

Verb

beken

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekennen
2. imperative of bekennen

Hungarian

Etymology

be- (“onto”) +? ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?k?n]
• Hyphenation: be?ken
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

beken

1. (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bekenés

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bekend (“(well-)known”), from Middle Dutch bekent, part participle of bekennen (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??k?n]
• Hyphenation: bê?kèn

Noun

bêkèn

1. (colloquial) (well-)known

Derived terms

Further reading

• “beken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bekyn, bekene, biken, beeken, bekne, beekne

Etymology

From Old English b?acn, from Proto-Germanic *baukn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?n/, /?b??k?n/

Noun

beken (plural bekenes)

1. A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
2. (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
3. (rare) A lighthouse.
4. (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

Related terms

• bekenen

Descendants

• English: beacon
• Scots: bekin, beikin

References

• “b??ken, b?ken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.

English

Etymology

From Middle English baken, from Old English bacen, ?ebacen, past participle of bacan (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots baken (“baked”), Dutch gebakken (“baked”). More at bake.

Verb

baken

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) alternative past participle of bake; baked.

Usage notes

Though the use of baken as a strong past participle for bake is now restricted to northern English dialects, it was formerly more widespread. For example, it is the predominant form in the King James Bible.

Anagrams

• banke, e-bank

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian b?ken. Displaced Middle Dutch boken, from Old Dutch *b?kan. Both forms originate from Proto-Germanic *baukn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?k?(n)/
• Hyphenation: ba?ken
• Rhymes: -a?k?n

Noun

baken n (plural bakens, diminutive bakentje n)

1. beacon

Derived terms

• bakenen
• lichtbaken

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bachan, bahhan; from Proto-West Germanic *bakan; from Proto-Germanic *bakan?. Cognate with German backen, English bake, Dutch bakken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?ken/, [?ba?k?n]

Verb

baken (third-person singular present baakt, past participle gebak, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to bake

Conjugation

Related terms

• Bäcker
• Bakstuff

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakan?, see also Dutch bakken, German backen, Old Norse baka, Danish bage, and also Ancient Greek ???? (ph?g?, “to roast”).

Alternative forms

• bakyn, bake, bakenn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?k?n/

Verb

baken

1. To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of bread, pastry, etc, or meals involving that.
2. To undergo or experienced baking; to be baked or cooked in an oven.
3. To heat up; to process or work (food or other items) by heating or drying out.
4. (rare, figuratively) To burn in the fires of Hell.
5. (rare, figuratively) To cause one's own pain or torment.

Usage notes

This verb started to become weak in late Middle English, but was predominantly strong.

Conjugation

Related terms

• bake mete
• baken (noun)
• bakere (“baker”)
• bakestere (“baker, baxter”)
• bakhows
• bakynge

Descendants

• English: bake
• Scots: bake
• ? Irish: bácáil

References

• “b?ken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.

Etymology 2

From baken, past participle of the verb baken (“to bake”).

Alternative forms

• bakyn, bake

Noun

baken

1. (rare) A meal made with pastry.

Descendants

• English: bake
• Scots: bake, baik

References

• “b?ke(n, ppl. as n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baken m

1. definite singular of bak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• baket

Noun

baken m or n

1. definite masculine singular of bak

Swedish

Noun

baken

1. definite singular of bak
2. definite plural of bak