Vokabahn

anfangen

A1 Verb frequency rank #1,256

What anfangen means

Verb

  1. to begin; to commence
  2. to start
  3. to begin, to start
  4. to start; to keep talking about

Forms

anfangen · fängt an · fing an · hat angefangen (+ Akkusativ; mit + Dativ; von + Dativ)

Pronunciation

anfangen in a sentence

Essen wir erst etwas, bevor wir anfangen zu trinken!

Let's eat something first before we start drinking.

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anfangen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #1,256 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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