beginnen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch beginnen, from Old Dutch biginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Compare English begin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɣɪnə(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧gin‧nen Rhymes: -ɪnən === Verb === beginnen (ergative) to begin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== starten ==== Antonyms ==== stoppen ==== Related terms ==== begin beginsel ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: begin Berbice Creole Dutch: bigin Jersey Dutch: bexinne Negerhollands: begin, bigin →? Sranan Tongo: bigin → Lokono: bigindin == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German beginnen, from Old High German biginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Cognate with Low German beginnen, Dutch beginnen, West Frisian begjinne, and English begin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡɪnən/, [bəˈɡɪnən], [bəˈɡɪnn̩] Hyphenation: be‧gin‧nen === Verb === beginnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present beginnt, past tense begann, past participle begonnen, past subjunctive begänne or begönne, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to begin; to commence; to be started Der Vortrag hat begonnen. ― The lecture has begun. (chiefly literary, transitive or intransitive) to start, to begin [with accusative or mit (+ dative) ‘something’] Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. ― He has started the lecture. Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. ― He has started the lecture. ==== Usage notes ==== Beginnen is relatively rare in colloquial German and is most often replaced with anfangen. This is particularly true of the sense “to start something”. In literary German, beginnen is often preferred to anfangen, though both are perfectly acceptable. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Beginnen Beginner Beginn beginnend begonnen ==== Related terms ==== beenden === Further reading === “beginnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beginnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “beginnen” in Duden online == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch biginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan. === Verb === beginnen to begin, to start to arise, to originate ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: beginnen Limburgish: beginne === Further reading === “beghinnen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “beginnen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === begynne, bigynne === Etymology === Inherited from Old English beginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan. The pronunciation with /ɡ/ is due to leveling of the consonant from the past tense and the past participle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈɡinən/ === Verb === beginnen to start, begin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ginnen ==== Descendants ==== English: begin Scots: begin Yola: begaan (preterite) === Further reading === “biginnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German biginnan. Cognate with English begin and Dutch beginnen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /bəˈɡinːən/ === Verb === beginnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present beginnet, past tense began, past participle begunnen, past subjunctive begüne, auxiliary hān) to begin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: beginnen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “beginnen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel