Ontekende

Ontekende is not a standard lexical item in Dutch. It is typically encountered as a nonstandard spelling or a typographical error for the past tense form ontkende of the verb ontkennen, which means to deny or refute. Because ontkende is the correct simple past form in standard Dutch, ontekende is generally considered incorrect in formal writing.

In standard Dutch, the verb ontkennen is conjugated as follows: present tense ik ontken, jij ontkent, hij ontkent; past tense ik ontkende, jij ontkende, hij ontkende; the past participle is ontkend. The verb is used to indicate that someone denied something, such as een beschuldiging ontkennen (to deny an accusation). In perfect tenses, ontkennen takes hebben: hij heeft ontkend.

Adjectival forms related to ontkennen include ontkennend, the present participle meaning denying or skeptical, used in phrases like de ontkennende getuige (the denouncing or skeptical witness). The attributive adjective for a definite noun is usually ontkennende, as in de ontkennende bewijzen (the denying/denying evidence). The form ontekende does not occur in standard Dutch, and when encountered it is typically corrected to ontkende or ontkennende depending on the syntactic role.

Etymology traces ontkennen to a prefix ont- added to kennen (to know), forming a verb meaning to deny or refute knowledge. The concept is common in legal, journalistic, and everyday language, but standard usage relies on ontkende for past tense and ontkend for the past participle.

In brief, ontekende is not recognized as a legitimate standard form; it is best treated as a spelling error, with ontkende and ontkennende being the correct standard forms in contemporary Dutch.