"afah" meaning in All languages combined

See afah on Wiktionary

Verb [Alemannic German]

Etymology: From Middle High German anevāhen, from Old High German anafāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han. Equivalent to aa- + fah. Etymology templates: {{inh|gsw|gmh|anevāhen}} Middle High German anevāhen, {{inh|gsw|goh|anafāhan}} Old High German anafāhan, {{inh|gsw|gmw-pro|*anafą̄han}} Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han, {{af|gsw|aa-|fah}} aa- + fah Head templates: {{head|gsw|verb|auxiliary|haa}} afah (auxiliary haa) Forms: haa [auxiliary], afange [alternative], ahfange [alternative], aafange [alternative], aafangä [alternative], afangä [alternative], ahfangä [alternative], aafanga [alternative], afanga [alternative], ahfanga [alternative], afang [alternative], afangeh [alternative], afa [alternative], aafa [alternative], afaa [alternative], aafaa [alternative], aafah [alternative], ahfah [alternative], afaah [alternative], afo [alternative], afoo [alternative], afoh [alternative], aafo [alternative], aafoo [alternative], ahfoh [alternative], aafoh [alternative], aafè [alternative], aafëë [alternative]
  1. (intransitive) to begin, commence, start Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-afah-gsw-verb-IlVHLGtd Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 18 18
  2. (transitive) to start doing something Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-afah-gsw-verb-fUT8bO55
  3. (intransitive) to start doing something [with mit (+ dative)] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-afah-gsw-verb-fUT8bO551

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ufhöre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "anevāhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German anevāhen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "anafāhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German anafāhan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*anafą̄han"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "aa-",
        "3": "fah"
      },
      "expansion": "aa- + fah",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German anevāhen, from Old High German anafāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han. Equivalent to aa- + fah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haa",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afangeh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafaa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafoo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafëë",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "auxiliary",
        "4": "haa"
      },
      "expansion": "afah (auxiliary haa)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Alemannic German",
  "lang_code": "gsw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, commence, start"
      ],
      "id": "en-afah-gsw-verb-IlVHLGtd",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "commence",
          "commence"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to begin, commence, start"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
          "text": "Ich han agfange, Japanisch lerne.",
          "translation": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I've started taking pictures of my work outfits every morning",
          "ref": "2025 November 28, sogarnonice, Instagram, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026:",
          "text": "Ich han agfange jede Morge mini Outfits zum go schaffe fötele",
          "translation": "I've started taking pictures of my work outfits every morning",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I ate healthier and started doing exercise. By doing this I managed to lose 50kg! I feel more comfortable in my own skin all around. :)",
          "ref": "2026 June 8, u/jainybainy, r/BUENZLI (Reddit post), archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026:",
          "text": "Ha gsünger gässä u agfange Sport mache. Dür das hanis gschafft 50kg abznä! I füele mi rundum wöler i minere Hut. :)",
          "translation": "I ate healthier and started doing exercise. By doing this I managed to lose 50kg! I feel more comfortable in my own skin all around. :)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something"
      ],
      "id": "en-afah-gsw-verb-fUT8bO55",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to start doing something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something"
      ],
      "id": "en-afah-gsw-verb-fUT8bO551",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": ":mit(dat)"
          },
          "expansion": "[with mit (+ dative)]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "mit",
              "(+",
              "dative)"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to start doing something [with mit (+ dative)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "afah"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ufhöre"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "anevāhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German anevāhen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "anafāhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German anafāhan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*anafą̄han"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "aa-",
        "3": "fah"
      },
      "expansion": "aa- + fah",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German anevāhen, from Old High German anafāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han. Equivalent to aa- + fah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haa",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafange",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfangä",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfanga",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afangeh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafaa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afaah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafoo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahfoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafoh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aafëë",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "auxiliary",
        "4": "haa"
      },
      "expansion": "afah (auxiliary haa)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Alemannic German",
  "lang_code": "gsw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Alemannic German intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, commence, start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "commence",
          "commence"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to begin, commence, start"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Alemannic German terms with quotations",
        "Alemannic German terms with usage examples",
        "Alemannic German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
          "text": "Ich han agfange, Japanisch lerne.",
          "translation": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I've started taking pictures of my work outfits every morning",
          "ref": "2025 November 28, sogarnonice, Instagram, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026:",
          "text": "Ich han agfange jede Morge mini Outfits zum go schaffe fötele",
          "translation": "I've started taking pictures of my work outfits every morning",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I ate healthier and started doing exercise. By doing this I managed to lose 50kg! I feel more comfortable in my own skin all around. :)",
          "ref": "2026 June 8, u/jainybainy, r/BUENZLI (Reddit post), archived from the original on 11 Jun 2026:",
          "text": "Ha gsünger gässä u agfange Sport mache. Dür das hanis gschafft 50kg abznä! I füele mi rundum wöler i minere Hut. :)",
          "translation": "I ate healthier and started doing exercise. By doing this I managed to lose 50kg! I feel more comfortable in my own skin all around. :)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to start doing something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Alemannic German intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": ":mit(dat)"
          },
          "expansion": "[with mit (+ dative)]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "mit",
              "(+",
              "dative)"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to start doing something [with mit (+ dative)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "afah"
}

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