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单词 anfangen
释义

anfangen

See also: Anfängen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German anvahen (to grab on), from an (on) + vahen (to grab), corresponding to an- + fangen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌfaŋən/, [ˈanˌfaŋən], [ˈanˌfaŋŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: an‧fan‧gen
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Verb

anfangen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present fängt an, past tense fing an, past participle angefangen, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to begin; to commence
    Das Konzert fängt gleich an.
    The concert is beginning shortly.
  2. (intransitive, with zu + infinitive) to start doing something
    Wann hast du angefangen zu rauchen?
    When did you start smoking?
  3. (intransitive, with mit) to begin something; to start something
    Morgen fangen wir mit dem Projekt an.
    Tomorrow we are starting the project.
  4. (intransitive, with von) to start a topic; to keep talking about something
    Er fängt ständig von seinen Hunden an.
    He’s always talking about his dogs.
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to begin something; to start something
    Wann hast du das Rauchen angefangen?
    When did you start smoking?
    Morgen fangen wir das Projekt an.
    Tomorrow we are starting the project.

Usage notes

  • The normal auxiliary for this verb is haben: Ich habe angefangen. – "I have begun." The auxiliary sein is used by some speakers in western and northern Germany: Ich bin angefangen. This is, however, widely restricted to colloquial usage. (Compare the same construction in Dutch beginnen (to begin): Ik ben begonnen.)
  • The construction of anfangen as a transitive verb (sense 4) is perfectly acceptable in spoken German, but would not be common in formal writing.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • beginnen (less frequent in common speech)
  • starten (not always applicable)

Derived terms

  • Anfangen
  • Anfang m
  • Anfänger m
  • anfänglich

Further reading

  • anfangen in Duden online

Swedish

Noun

anfangen

  1. definite singular of anfang
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