begaan

Dutch

From Middle Dutch begaen. Equivalent to be- ‎ gaan.

begaan

(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.
(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.
(transitive) to commit (e.g. a misdeed)
Wie van jullie heeft deze moord begaan? ― Which one of you has committed this murder?
(transitive, mostly with laten) to do, to act as one wills

Conjugation 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, bega²	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. ²⁾ In case of inversion.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

begaan

begaan

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,

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