begaan

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣaːn/

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• Hyphenation: be‧gaan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch begaen. Equivalent to be- +‎ gaan.

Verb

begaan

1. (transitive) to walk upon, to tread on

   Vanaf morgen kunnen ze de steigers begaan.

   They will be able to walk on the piers from tomorrow on.

2. (transitive, by extension) to move upon, to travel on

   De wegen hier zijn erg moeilijk te begaan.

   The roads over here are very difficult to travel upon.

3. (transitive) to commit (e.g. a misdeed)

   Wie van jullie heeft deze moord begaan?

   Which one of you has committed this murder?

4. (transitive, mostly with laten) to do, to act as one wills

Inflection

Inflection of begaan (strong class 7, irregular, prefixed)
infinitive	begaan
past singular	beging
past participle	begaan
infinitive	begaan
gerund	begaan n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	bega	beging
2nd person sing. (jij)	begaat	beging
2nd person sing. (u)	begaat	beging
2nd person sing. (gij)	begaat	begingt
3rd person singular	begaat	beging
plural	begaan	begingen
subjunctive sing.1	bega	beginge
subjunctive plur.1	begaan	begingen
imperative sing.	bega
imperative plur.1	begaat
participles	begaand	begaan
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• begaanbaar
• begane grond

Descendants

• Afrikaans: begaan

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

begaan

1. past participle of begaan

Inflection

Inflection of begaan
uninflected	begaan
inflected	begane
		positive
predicative/adverbial		begaan
indefinite	m./f. sing.	begane
	n. sing.	begaan
	plural	begane
definite		begane
partitive		begaans

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Etymology

From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːˈɡɔːn/

Verb

begaan

1. began
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 3-5:

     Hea daffed his cooat, pidh it an a bushe, an begaan to peale a cooat, an zide,

     He took off his coat, put it on a bush, and began to beat the coat, and said,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110