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anheben

anheben

German

Verb

anheben (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present hebt an, past tense hob an or hub an, past participle angehoben, auxiliary haben)

  1. to lift up
  2. to raise, to increase
  3. (rare) to begin (to do something)

Conjugation

Usage notes

The alternative past-tense forms hub an etc. are generally limited to the sense of “to begin” and are, even as such, rare and considered dated or poetic.

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