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The concert in the park starts at seven.
Das Konzert im Park beginnt um sieben. The concert in the park starts at seven.

verb · A1

beginnen

[bəˈɡɪnən]

to begin, to start

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Synonyms
anfangen
Antonyms
enden

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Other Examples

  • Ich beginne morgen einen Deutschkurs.

    Tomorrow I'm starting a German course.

  • Wann beginnst du mit der Arbeit?

    When do you start work?

  • Kalle und ich beginnen die Wanderung um sechs.

    Kalle and I start the hike at six.

  • Beginnt ihr schon mit dem Essen?

    Are you starting to eat already?

  • Die Ferien beginnen im Juli.

    The holidays start in July.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es beginnt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es begann The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat begonnen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich beginnebegannhabe begonnen
du beginnstbegannsthast begonnen
er/sie/es beginntbegannhat begonnen
wir beginnenbegannenhaben begonnen
ihr beginntbegannthabt begonnen
sie/Sie beginnenbegannenhaben begonnen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte begonnenwerde beginnenwerde begonnen haben
du hattest begonnenwirst beginnenwirst begonnen haben
er/sie/es hatte begonnenwird beginnenwird begonnen haben
wir hatten begonnenwerden beginnenwerden begonnen haben
ihr hattet begonnenwerdet beginnenwerdet begonnen haben
sie/Sie hatten begonnenwerden beginnenwerden begonnen haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich begänne
du begännst
er/sie/es begänne
wir begännen
ihr begännt
sie/Sie begännen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du beginn!
ihr beginnt!
Sie beginnen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix ginn root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Beginn

In Otti's situations: The friends plan the weekend

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