# begannen vs begonnen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### begannen
*verb · IPA [bəˈɡanən] · frequency rank #5,804*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs beginnen

### begonnen
*verb · IPA [bəˈɡɔnən] · frequency rank #2,137*
Partizip Perfekt des Verbs beginnen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begannen-vs-begonnen