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begehen: commit — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryVerbLevel B2

begehen

commit

to commit a crime, offense, mistake, or other serious wrongful act

IPA/bəˈɡeːən/

Primary stress falls on ge.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

to commit a crime, offense, mistake, or other serious wrongful act

Der Angeklagte soll mehrere schwere Straftaten begangen haben.

Bei der Berechnung haben wir einen entscheidenden Fehler begangen.

Im Krieg wurden schwere Verbrechen an der Zivilbevölkerung begangen.

Typical objects are Fehler, Straftat, Verbrechen, and Selbstmord; the verb is stronger and more formal than machen.

For crimes and serious wrongdoing, German often uses begehen rather than machen.

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Which collocation is standard?

In the common B2 sense, begehen is used with an accusative noun for committing an offense, crime, mistake, or serious act.