beginnen

Meaning

  1. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to begin; to commence; to be started
  2. (class-3,intransitive,literary,strong,transitive) to start, to begin

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈɡɪnən/
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.

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