Polyglot Dictionary

beginnen

/bəˈɡɪnən/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

past
begann
perfect
hat begonnen

Meaning

  1. to begin, to start

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

anfangen

Near-total synonyms for "to begin"; anfangen is the everyday word, beginnen is slightly more formal.

Practice

1 What does beginnen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches beginnen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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