Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary: bekannt

bekannt ˘ ˘ˊ adjective
1. known
2. familiar
3. acquainted
4. (with dative object) known
  Example:
  1. Wu die Sunndaagschule erscht in der Gang kumme sin, as mer 's rumher — waar, des waar wu sie erscht ge'organeist' sin ware in die achtzeh hunnert un siwwezich rum, datt drin. When the Sunday schools first got underway, as it was known to me, this was when they were first organized – in about 1870 – in that time.
5. (with dative object) to know
  Example:
  1. Wu die Sunndaagschule erscht in der Gang kumme sin, as mer 's rumher — waar, des waar wu sie erscht ge'organeist' sin ware in die achtzeh hunnert un siwwezich rum, datt drin. When the Sunday schools first got underway, as I knew it, this was when they were first organized – in about 1870 – in that time.
Etymology: G bekannt