"begin" meaning in All languages combined

See begin on Wiktionary

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: bɪˈɡɪn Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-begin.wav , En-uk-to begin.ogg , En-us-begin.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present begin, he begins, she begins, it begins, simple past began, present participle beginning, past participle begun
Rhymes: ɪn
  1. beginnen, anfangen
    Sense id: de-begin-en-verb-~2INZ2sH
  2. entstehen
    Sense id: de-begin-en-verb-UAigODE~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: start, originate Translations (beginnen, anfangen): beginnen (Deutsch), anfangen (Deutsch) Translations (entstehen): entstehen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present begin"
    },
    {
      "form": "he begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "she begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "it begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past began"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle beginning"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle begun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "He begins to work.",
          "translation": "Er beginnt zu arbeiten."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Adams Douglas; Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency; Simon and Schuster; 1987",
          "text": "\"She felt that now was about the time that she could legitimately begin to feel cross.\""
        }
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where does this river begin?",
          "translation": "Wo entspringt dieser Fluss?"
        }
      ],
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        "entstehen"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "start"
    },
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "originate"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "beginnen, anfangen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "beginnen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "beginnen, anfangen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "anfangen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "entstehen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "entstehen"
    }
  ],
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    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
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    },
    {
      "form": "simple present begin"
    },
    {
      "form": "he begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "she begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "it begins"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past began"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle beginning"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle begun"
    }
  ],
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          "translation": "Er beginnt zu arbeiten."
        },
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        }
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        "beginnen, anfangen"
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "text": "Where does this river begin?",
          "translation": "Wo entspringt dieser Fluss?"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "originate"
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      "sense_index": "1",
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    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "anfangen"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "word": "entstehen"
    }
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}

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