Aabeginn

From German Anbeginn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːbəɡɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːbəɡɪn

Aabeginn m (no plural)

1. (temporal) beginning

   vun Aabeginn ― from the beginning

   • 1925 August 19, Pumpernickel Bill (William S. Troxell), The Morning Call‎^[1]; republished as C. Richard Baum, Joshua R. Brown, editors, The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, volume 1 (A), 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543-9516: Masthof Press, 2004, →ISBN, page 2:

     Der Woody Newhart wor aw ains fon da schwetser. Er hot der Michael Schneider ous galaigt fon awbegin bis ons end. Er hot aw shae gsunga.

     Woody Newhart was also one of the speakers. He laid out Michael Schneider from the beginning to the end. He also sang beautifully.

   • 1925 July 21, Kit Leffelschlecker (Irwin Scheirer), The Morning Call‎^[2]; republished as C. Richard Baum, Joshua R. Brown, editors, The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, volume 1 (A), 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543-9516: Masthof Press, 2004, →ISBN, page 2:

     Ou[n] now Kit do dich net druvla do dar waya eb do fon dreck gamocht bishd, oder eb do fom monkey, rinsfee, sei, oder hund, har shdoma dust, un bisht by evolution developed, sel mocht gar nix ous; do bisht do, un dar same Gut dut ragera wos fon aw ba gin dar weld ragerd hut.

     And now child, don't worry about whether you were made from dirt, or if you descend from the monkey, cattle, sow, or dog, and are developed by evolution, it doesn't matter at all; you're here, and the same god governs who from the beginning has governed the world.

   • 1925 July 21, Kit Leffelschlecker (Irwin Scheirer), edited by C. Richard Baum, Joshua R. Brown, The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, volume 1 (A), 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543-9516: Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 2:

     Sell hot es schun gewwe vun Aabeginn der Welt.

     That existed from the beginning of the world.

   • 1995, Dorathy V. Fry, edited by C. Richard Baum, Joshua R. Brown, The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, volume 1 (A), 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543-9516: Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 2:

     Ich glaab net as sie Deitsch waar vun Aabeginn.

     I don't believe she was Pennsylvania Dutch from the beginning.

• Beam, C. R., Brown, J. R., & Trout, J. L. (2004). The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary.
• Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary. (n.d.). https://padutchdictionary.com/