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sich bekennen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • profess verb To claim or declare something, often about oneself, sometimes insincerely.

Senses

sich bekennen is used for these senses in English:

  • profess (transitive, chiefly, passive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. [from 14th c.]

profess — full definition

  1. verb To claim or declare something, often about oneself, sometimes insincerely.
  2. verb To formally declare belief in a religion or set of principles.
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