Definition
The point in time or first part at which something starts.
Translations
- English
- beginning
- Français
- début
- Türkçe
- başlangıç
- Polski
- początek
- Русский
- начало
- Українська
- початок
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Beginn
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
beginning
/deːɐ̯ bəˈɡɪn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Beginne
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Conversion
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Beginn des Films war sehr spannend.NominativSing.The beginning of the film was very exciting.
- Wir markierten den Beginn der Veranstaltung im Kalender.AkkusativSing.We marked the beginning of the event on the calendar.
- Zum Beginn des Seminars begrüßte die Dozentin alle Teilnehmenden.DativSing.At the beginning of the seminar, the lecturer welcomed all the participants.
- Die Bedeutung des Beginns wurde ausführlich erklärt.GenitivSing.The meaning of the beginning was explained in detail.
- Die Beginne der Jahreszeiten sind nicht immer eindeutig festgelegt.NominativPlur.The beginnings of the seasons are not always clearly defined.
- Historiker untersuchen die Beginne großer politischer Umbrüche.AkkusativPlur.Historians study the beginnings of major political upheavals.
- Mit den Beginnen neuer Projekte entstehen oft viele Fragen.DativPlur.The beginnings of new projects often raise many questions.
- Die Folgen der Beginne mehrerer Krisen waren schwer vorhersehbar.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the beginnings of several crises were difficult to predict.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Beginn/bəˈɡɪn/
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Article phrase
der Beginn/deːɐ̯ bəˈɡɪn/
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Plural
Beginne/bəˈɡɪnə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Beginn | die Beginne |
| Akkusativ | den Beginn | die Beginne |
| Dativ | dem Beginn | den Beginnen |
| Genitiv | des Beginns | der Beginne |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationden Beginn einer neuen Phase markieren
- Collocationder Beginn einer Veranstaltung
- Collocationam Beginn des Jahres
- Verb constructionden Beginn einer Entwicklung beschreiben + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionzum Beginn des Semesterszu + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Beginn des Tages verlief ruhig.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymStart — start
Beginn usually denotes the beginning of a process or period; Start more often emphasizes the specific or dynamic outset.
- Near-synonymAnfang — beginning
Anfang and Beginn largely overlap; Beginn usually refers more specifically to the start of a process, while Anfang can also mean an initial section.
- AntonymEnde — end
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeConversion
- BeginnOther
„Beginn“ is synchronically derived from „beginnen“ and denotes the beginning of a process or period.
Word family
- beginnen
- beginnend