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Conjugation of the German verb beginnen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb beginnen, along with their English translations.



InfinitiveScored
beginnento begin

PresentScored
ich beginneI begin
du beginnstyou begin
er beginnthe begins
sie beginntshe begins
wir beginnenwe begin
ihr beginntyou begin
sie beginnenthey begin

Preterite / Präteritum
This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
ich begannI began
du begannstyou began
er begannhe began
sie begannshe began
wir begannenwe began
ihr beganntyou began
sie begannenthey began

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe begonnenI began
du hast begonnenyou began
er hat begonnenhe began
es hat begonnenshe began
wir haben begonnenwe began
ihr habt begonnenyou began
sie haben begonnenthey began

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte begonnenI had begun
du hattest begonnenyou had begun
er hatte begonnenhe had begun
es hatte begonnenshe had begun
wir hatten begonnenwe had begun
ihr hattet begonnenyou had begun
sie hatten begonnenthey had begun

FutureScored
ich werde beginnenI will begin
du wirst beginnenyou will begin
er wird beginnenhe will begin
sie wird beginnenshe will begin
wir werden beginnenwe will begin
ihr werdet beginnenyou will begin
sie werden beginnenthey will begin

Future Perfect / Futur II
The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.
Scored
ich werde begonnen habenI will have begun
du wirst begonnen habenyou will have begun
er wird begonnen habenhe will have begun
es wird begonnen habenshe will have begun
wir werden begonnen habenwe will have begun
ihr werdet begonnen habenyou will have begun
sie werden begonnen habenthey will have begun

ConditionalScored
ich würde beginnenI would begin
du würdest beginnenyou would begin
er würde beginnenhe would begin
sie würde beginnenshe would begin
wir würden beginnenwe would begin
ihr würdet beginnenyou would begin
sie würden beginnenthey would begin

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II
The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.
Scored
ich hätte begonnenI would have begun
du hättest begonnenyou would have begun
er hätte begonnenhe would have begun
es hätte begonnenshe would have begun
wir hätten begonnenwe would have begun
ihr hättet begonnenyou would have begun
sie hätten begonnenthey would have begun

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich begönneI would begin
du begännestyou would begin
er begönnehe would begin
sie begönneshe would begin
wir begönnenwe would begin
ihr begännetyou would begin
sie begönnenthey would begin

ImperativeScored
beginne Begin
beginnen wirLet's begin
beginnt Begin

Present ParticipleScored
beginnenden beginning

Past ParticipleScored
begonnen begun


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