This is the 13405th most frequent German word.
bekanntgab
"Bekanntgab" is the simple past tense of "bekanntgeben," meaning "announced" or "made known."
Here, 'bekanntgab' is used as the past tense of 'bekanntgeben', which means to announce or make known.
Er bekanntgab die Nachricht in der öffentlichen Bekanntmachung.
He announced the news in the public announcement.
Here, 'bekanntgab' is again used to denote formally making something known, in this case, a personal achievement.
Sie bekanntgab, dass sie den Wettbewerb gewonnen hatte.
She announced that she had won the competition.
In this sentence, 'bekanntgab' functions in its usual meaning of announcing, specifically referring to corporate communication.