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starten

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Danish

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Noun

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starten c

  1. definite singular of start

Dutch

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Etymology

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From start +‎ -en (modeled on the English verb start); compare with German starten.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑrtən

Verb

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starten

  1. to start
    Synonym: beginnen
    Antonym: stoppen

Conjugation

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Conjugation of starten (weak)
infinitive starten
past singular startte
past participle gestart
infinitive starten
gerund starten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular start startte
2nd person sing. (jij) start startte
2nd person sing. (u) start startte
2nd person sing. (gij) start startte
3rd person singular start startte
plural starten startten
subjunctive sing.1 starte startte
subjunctive plur.1 starten startten
imperative sing. start
imperative plur.1 start
participles startend gestart
1) Archaic.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English start +‎ -en; compare with Dutch starten and native High German stürzen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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starten (weak, third-person singular present startet, past tense startete, past participle gestartet, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to start (race car, airplane, etc.) [auxiliary sein]
    Die Maschine ist pünktlich gestartet.
    The plane started on time.
  2. (transitive) to start something [auxiliary haben]
    Ich habe den Computer gestartet.
    I've started the computer.

Usage notes

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  • Transitive starten is only used as “cause to run/move/proceed” (in a concrete or figurative sense). Possible objects of starten are machines, missiles, operations, projects, events, etc. The verb cannot be used in the sense of “begin to do”, for example in a sentence like: “He started smoking.” For this see anfangen and beginnen.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • starten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • starten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • starten” in Duden online
  • starten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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starten m

  1. definite singular of start

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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starten m

  1. definite singular of start

Swedish

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Noun

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starten

  1. definite singular of start

Anagrams

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