starten meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency: 
third-person singular simple present startet, past tense startete, past participle gestartet, auxiliary sein or haben
Transitive starten is only used as “cause to run/move/proceed” (in a concrete or figurative sense). Possible objects of starten are machines, missiles, operations, projects, events, etc. The verb cannot be used in the sense of “begin to do”, for example in a sentence like: “He started smoking.” For this see anfangen and beginnen. 
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