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starten

starten

Danish

Noun

starten c

  1. singular definite of start

German

Etymology

From English start + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaʁtən/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːtən/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)
  • Homophone: Staaten (nonstandard)

Verb

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

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

starten m

  1. definite singular of start

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

starten m

  1. definite singular of start

Swedish

Noun

starten

  1. definite singular of start