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Danish

Noun

starten c

  1. definite singular of start

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑrtən

Verb

starten

  1. to start
    Synonym: beginnen
    Antonym: stoppen

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  • 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. It is considered improper to employ the verb in the sense of “begin to do”, in a sentence like “he started smoking”, which to avoid the charge of Denglisch must be expressed by anfangen or beginnen, though we are little embarrassed to attest the very usage:
2025 November 7, “Sankt Martin im Kaffee-Klön”, in Westfalen-Blatt, number 259, published 8 November 2025, page BF18:
Der nächste Kaffee-Klön der offenen Seniorenarbeit des Diakonieverbandes Brackwede soll ein besonderer werden: [] Der Klön startet um 14:30 Uhr mit Kaffee und Kuchen. Um 15 Uhr startet das Singen. []
The next coffee-talk within the work for seniors of the diaconal collective Brackwede is devised to be peculiar: [] The talk kicks off at 14:30 h with coffee and cake. At 15 h singing begins.

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Further reading

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

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