In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | begynna |
| Present | begynnar |
| Past | begynte; begynnade |
| Imperative | begynna |
| Supine | begynnat; begynt |
Verbs conjugated like 'begynna'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'begynna'
befinna,
begagna,
begägna,
bekänna,
bemanna,
besanna,
besinna,
betynga,
beynka,
gynna,
Translations
begin, to start, to initiate or take the first step into something
commence, begin, start
embark, to start
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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en begynnande flint (thinning hair / receding hairline ("a beginning hairless-portion-of-the-scalp (like a bald spot, or portion more generally)"))
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. begynna, bygynna, bögynna, beginna m. fl. former (se
Söderwall), liksom d. begynde af mnt. beginnen (ipf. began, begunde); jfr fsax. o. fht. biginnan, ags. beginnan, eng. begin, holl. o. t. beginnen; jfr äfv. ä. sv. GYNNA i samma bet. samt de likbetydande got. duginnan, ags. áginnan, onginnan, fht. inginnan. Bugge i Beitr. z. gesch. d. deutsch. spr. 12: 405 följ. (1887) anser de germ. ordens g motsvara indoeur. k samt urspr. hafva utvecklats i midljud (jfr Noreen Urgerm. lautl. 132 (1894)) o. sammanställer fslav. načĭną, počĭną, jag börjar, samt konĭ, början. Brugmann Grundr. 2: 1007 (1892) härleder däremot g från ett indoeur. palatalt gh o. finner en motsvarighet i sanskr. hinóti, hínvati, sätter i rörelse. I fråga om ä. förklaringar af ordet se Murray. De sv. (o. danska) formerna med y i andra stafvelsen utgå sannol. från det mnt. ipf. begunde; jfr Tamm. Med afs. på de växlande formerna af prefixet se BE- References: 1
2. From Middle Low German beginnen, from Old Saxon biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Compare Danish begynde, Norwegian Bokmål begynne, Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna, Low German begünnen, North Frisian begin, Saterland Frisian beginne, West Frisian begjinne, Scots begin, English begin, Dutch beginnen, Afrikaans begin and German beginnen. See: Old Saxon 'biginnan', Danish 'begynde', Norwegian 'begynne', Norwegian, nynorsk 'begynne, begynna', Low Saxon 'begünnen', Frisian, Saterlandic 'beginne', English 'begin', Dutch 'beginnen', Afrikaans 'begin', German, old spelling 'beginnen'.
Verbs referencing "begynna"
Low Saxon begünnen.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.