See afah on Wiktionary
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},
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "afa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "afaa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafaa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafah",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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]
},
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},
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "ahfoh",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafoh",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafè",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "aafëë",
"tags": [
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]
}
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"lang_code": "gsw",
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"_dis": "40 30 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"to begin, commence, start"
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"(intransitive) to begin, commence, start"
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14
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"english": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
"text": "Ich han agfange, Japanisch lerne.",
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"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",
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26
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"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"
}
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"(transitive) to start doing something"
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"(intransitive) to start doing something [with mit (+ dative)]"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle High German anevāhen, from Old High German anafāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *anafą̄han. Equivalent to aa- + fah.",
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
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"form": "ahfange",
"tags": [
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"form": "aafange",
"tags": [
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"form": "aafangä",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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"form": "afangä",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"form": "ahfangä",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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},
{
"form": "aafanga",
"tags": [
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"form": "afanga",
"tags": [
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"form": "ahfanga",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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{
"form": "afa",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "aafa",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "afaa",
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]
},
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"form": "aafaa",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "aafah",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "ahfah",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "afaah",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"form": "afo",
"tags": [
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]
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"lang_code": "gsw",
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"to begin, commence, start"
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"(intransitive) to begin, commence, start"
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"english": "I('ve) started learning Japanese.",
"text": "Ich han agfange, Japanisch lerne.",
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8,
15
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"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",
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26
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27
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"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"
}
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"word": "afah"
}
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