# begin vs being

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### begin
*verb · IPA [bɪˈɡɪn] · frequency rank #43,748*
beginnen, anfangen

### being
*verb · IPA [ˈbiː.ɪŋ] · frequency rank #19,514*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs be

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