to admit (to wrongdoing) · to admit (concede as true, more generally) · Used to introduce a statement the speaker is confident is true, often as a friendly challenge or prompt for agreement.
çekim: geçmiş erkände · ortaç erkänd · ulaç erkännande
köken: From German erkennen or Low German erkennen. Cognate with Danish erkende, Norwegian Bokmål erkjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk erkjenne, erkjenna, Dutch erkennen and Luxembourgish erkennen. Equivalent to er- + känna.
Hon gick till polisen och erkände allt
Han erkände att han fuskat i kebabsåstävlingen
Jag måste erkänna att jag inte trodde att det fanns en chans att det skulle fungera
to confess, concede (admit to the truth, particularly in the context of something negative) · to plead guilty · to recognize, acknowledge (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
çekim: geçmiş tunnustanut · şimdiki tunnustaisi · ulaç tunnustava
köken: tunnus (“symbol, mark”) + -taa. The meanings "to confess, recognize" might be a semantic loan from Swedish bekänna, erkänna (känna corresponding roughly to tuntea).