begin

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

Ze wordt begin volgend jaar van kracht .

It will come into force at the beginning of next year.

September is de laatste maand van de zomer
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en meteen ook het begin van de herfst .

September is the last month of summer and also the beginning of autumn.

Hoewel voorspeld , kwam het begin van die storm toch onverwacht .

Although predicted, the onset of that storm came unexpectedly.

beginnen

to begin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈɣɪn/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Old Frisian

Cognate with Old Dutch

In summary

From Middle Dutch begin, from Old Dutch *bigin, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from the verb *biginnan (“to begin”) (whence beginnen). Cognate with Old High German bigin and Old Frisian biginn. Compare with different prefix Old Dutch anagen, anagenni (“beginning”).