starten
Danish
Noun
starten c
- definite singular of start
Dutch
Etymology
From start + -en (modeled on the English verb start); compare with German starten.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑrtən
Verb
starten
Conjugation
| 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. | ||||
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English start + -en; compare with Dutch starten and native High German stürzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtartən/, [ˈʃtaʁ.tn̩], [ˈʃtaɐ̯-], [ˈʃtaː-], [-tən]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio: (file) - Homophones: starrten (general), Staaten (some speakers)
- Hyphenation: star‧ten
Verb
starten (weak, third-person singular present startet, past tense startete, past participle gestartet, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to start (airplane, event etc.) [auxiliary sein]
- Die Maschine ist pünktlich gestartet.
- The plane started on time.
- 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.
- (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 not employed in the sense of “begin to do”, as in sentences like “he started smoking, crying, singing etc.”, for which anfangen and beginnen are used.
Conjugation
| infinitive | starten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | startend | ||||
| past participle | gestartet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich starte | wir starten | i | ich starte | wir starten |
| du startest | ihr startet | du startest | ihr startet | ||
| er startet | sie starten | er starte | sie starten | ||
| preterite | ich startete | wir starteten | ii | ich startete1 | wir starteten1 |
| du startetest | ihr startetet | du startetest1 | ihr startetet1 | ||
| er startete | sie starteten | er startete1 | sie starteten1 | ||
| imperative | start (du) starte (du) |
startet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “starten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “starten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “starten” in Duden online
- “starten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
starten m
- definite singular of start
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
starten m
- definite singular of start
Swedish
Noun
starten
- definite singular of start