Imperfect of German verb beginnen

The conjugation of beginnen (start, incept) in the past tense is ich begann, du begannst, er begann, wir begannen, ihr begannt, sie begannen. As an irregular, strong verb with ablaut -a- the preterite stem gann- is used. The preterite endings -st, -en, -t, -en are appended to this stem. The 1st and 3rd person singular have no endings.The conjugation of these forms conforms to the grammatical rules for verbs in the past tense. 1Comment ☆2.0

verb
beginnen
noun
Beginnen⁶, das
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Examples

Examples of Active Imperfect of the verb beginnen

  • Seine Vorlesung begann pünktlich. 
  • Die Batterien vor uns begannen zu bellen. 
  • Es begann am späten Sonntagnachmittag im tiefen Wald. 
  • Er begann hysterisch zu lachen. 
  • Und da begann auch schon die Wüste. 
  • Die Schießerei begann etwa um zwölf Uhr mittags. 
  • Ich beschaffte mir Skier und begann zu trainieren. 
  • Alle begannen ihre Plätze einzunehmen. 
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Translations

Translation of German beginnen

German beginnen
English start, incept, kick off, start (for), start (with), begin, start out as, start doing
Russian начаться, открывать, начинать, начать, начинаться, приступить, настать, приступать
Spanish comenzar (un movimiento), comenzar, empezar, iniciarse, entrar en acción, emprender, inaugurar, entablar
French débuter, commencer, attaquer, amorcer, démarrer, engager, commencer par, débuter par
Turkish başlamak
Portuguese começar, iniciar, começar como, entabular, principiar
Italian iniziare, cominciare, spuntare, aprirsi, incominciare, principiare, imprendere, attaccare
Romanian incepe
Hungarian elkezd, elkezdődik, nekilát, hozzáfog
Polish zacząć, rozpocząć, rozpoczynać, zaczynać od, poczynać, zaczynać, począć, rozpoczynać się
Greek αρχίζω
Dutch beginnen, van start gaan, ingaan, aanvangen
Czech začít, počít, začínat, počínat, počínatčít, začínatčít
Swedish börja, begynna
Danish begynde, foretage sig, bestille
Japanese 始める, 仕掛ける, 開始する, 始まる, 明ける
Catalan començar, iniciar
Finnish aloittaa, alkaa, ruveta, ryhtyä
Norwegian begynne, ta til
Basque hasi
Serbian početi, otpočeti, započeti
Ukrainian починати, розпочати, стартувати
Bulgarian започвам, стартирам
Arabicيبدأ، يبدا، ابتدأ، بدأ
Persianشروع کردن، آغازکردن، آغازیدن، آغازشدن، حرکت کردن
Urduآغاز کرنا، شروع کرنا

beginnen in dict.cc
beginnen in Beolingus

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Verb forms in Imperfect of beginnen

The verb beginnen fully conjugated in all persons and numbers in the Imperfect Indicative

Imperfect IndicativePast

  • ich begann (1st PersonSingular)
  • du begannst (2nd PersonSingular)
  • er begann (3rd PersonSingular)
  • wir begannen (1st PersonPlural)
  • ihr begannt (2nd PersonPlural)
  • sie begannen (3rd PersonPlural)

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2017/11 · Reply
★★★★★ Pia wan says: It is very unclear ,please change the information


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