Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

begannest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-gannest
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple past indicative of begin

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her."

Etymology

began + -est

Word Breakdown

Suffix: began

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

beganst (alternative)

Questions

What does begannest mean?: second-person singular simple past indicative of begin
Where does begannest come from?: began + -est

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