starten in Dutch

Audio: Nl-starten.ogg

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Rhymes: -ɑrtən Etymology: From start + -en (modeled on the English verb start); compare with German starten. Etymology templates: {{af|nl|start|-en|id2=denominative}} start + -en, {{bor|nl|en|-}} English, {{cog|de|starten}} German starten Head templates: {{nl-verb}} starten Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|start}} Forms: weak [table-tags], starten [infinitive], starten [gerund, neuter], start [first-person, present, singular], startte [first-person, past, singular], start [present, second-person, singular], startte [past, second-person, singular], start [formal, present, second-person, singular], startte [formal, past, second-person, singular], start [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], start [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], startte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], startte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], start [present, singular, third-person], startte [past, singular, third-person], starten [plural, present], startten [past, plural], starte [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], startte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], starten [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], startten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], start [imperative, present, singular], start [archaic, imperative, plural, present], startend [participle, present], gestart [participle, past]

Inflected forms

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          "english": "I started smoking when I was fifteen years old.",
          "text": "Ik ben gestart met roken, toen ik vijftien jaar oud was.",
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      "rhymes": "-ɑrtən"
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}

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          "text": "Ik ben gestart met roken, toen ik vijftien jaar oud was.",
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"starten" meaning in Dutch

Verb

Inflected forms