{"id":121,"date":"2024-01-01T14:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:42:33","slug":"das-trennbare-verb-anfangen-im-prasens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/das-trennbare-verb-anfangen-im-prasens\/","title":{"rendered":"Das trennbare Verb anfangen im Pr\u00e4sens"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"3\">Learn German: How to Use the Verb &#8220;Anfangen&#8221; (A1)<\/h2>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Do you want to say &#8220;to start&#8221; or &#8220;to begin&#8221; in German? Then you need the verb <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"78\">anfangen<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Anfangen<\/b> is a very important word for beginners. In this article, you will learn how to use it in the present tense (<i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"117\">Pr\u00e4sens<\/i>).<\/p>\r\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\">What Does &#8220;Anfangen&#8221; Mean?<\/h3>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">anfangen<\/b> = to start \/ to begin<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Here are two easy examples:<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Ich fange an.<\/b> = I start.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Der Film f\u00e4ngt an.<\/b> = The movie starts.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"11\">Watch Out: It is a Separable Verb!<\/h3>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">In German, some verbs are <b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"26\">separable<\/b> (<i data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"37\">trennbar<\/i>). This means the verb has two parts: a prefix (<b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"93\">an-<\/b>) and a main verb (<b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"115\">fangen<\/b>).<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">When you make a normal sentence, the prefix <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"44\">an<\/b> goes to the very <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"64\">end<\/b> of the sentence!<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"14\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Example:<\/b> Ich <b data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"13\">fange<\/b> morgen mit dem Deutschkurs <b data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"46\">an<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Translation:<\/b> I start the German course tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"16\">How to Conjugate &#8220;Anfangen&#8221;<\/h3>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17\">The main verb <i data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"14\">fangen<\/i> changes its form. Be careful with <b data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"55\">du<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"62\">er\/sie\/es<\/b>\u2014the letter <b data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"83\">a<\/b> changes to <b data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"96\">\u00e4<\/b>!<\/p>\r\n<table data-path-to-node=\"18\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Subject (Pronoun)<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>German Verb<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>English Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Ich<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,1,1,0\">fange &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,1,2,0\">I start<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Du<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,2,1,0\">f\u00e4ngst &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,2,2,0\">You start (informal)<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Er \/ Sie \/ Es<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,3,1,0\">f\u00e4ngt &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,3,2,0\">He \/ She \/ It starts<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wir<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,4,1,0\">fangen &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,4,2,0\">We start<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,5,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Ihr<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,5,1,0\">fangt &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,5,2,0\">You all start<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18,6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Sie \/ Sie<\/b><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,6,1,0\">fangen &#8230; an<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"18,6,2,0\">They \/ You start (formal)<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"20\">Let&#8217;s Practice: Easy A1 Sentences<\/h3>\r\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"21\">\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"21,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wann f\u00e4ngst du an?<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,1\">(When do you start?)<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"21,2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Wir fangen jetzt an!<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,3\">(We are starting now!)<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,4\"><b data-path-to-node=\"21,4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Die Schule f\u00e4ngt um 8 Uhr an.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21,5\">(School starts at 8 o&#8217;clock.)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn German: How to Use the Verb &#8220;Anfangen&#8221; (A1) Do you want to say &#8220;to start&#8221; or &#8220;to begin&#8221; in German? Then you need the verb anfangen. Anfangen is a very important word for beginners. In this article, you will learn how to use it in the present tense (Pr\u00e4sens). What Does &#8220;Anfangen&#8221; Mean? anfangen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a1-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nur-deutsch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}