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Das Flugzeug startet und fliegt über Berlin. The plane takes off and flies over Berlin.

verb · A2

starten

[ˈʃtaʁtn̩]

to take off, to start, to set off

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Antonyms
landen

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Other Examples

  • Ich starte den Tag immer mit einem Kaffee.

    I always start the day with a coffee.

  • Wann startest du in den Urlaub?

    When are you setting off on holiday?

  • Wir starten in fünf Minuten.

    We take off in five minutes.

  • Startet ihr den Film schon ohne mich?

    Are you starting the film without me?

  • Emil und Frida starten um acht Uhr zur Radtour.

    Emil and Frida set off on their bike tour at eight.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es startet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es startete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist gestartet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich startestartetebin gestartet
du starteststartetestbist gestartet
er/sie/es startetstarteteist gestartet
wir startenstartetensind gestartet
ihr startetstartetetseid gestartet
sie/Sie startenstartetensind gestartet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich war gestartetwerde startenwerde gestartet sein
du warst gestartetwirst startenwirst gestartet sein
er/sie/es war gestartetwird startenwird gestartet sein
wir waren gestartetwerden startenwerden gestartet sein
ihr wart gestartetwerdet startenwerdet gestartet sein
sie/Sie waren gestartetwerden startenwerden gestartet sein
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich startete
du startetest
er/sie/es startete
wir starteten
ihr startetet
sie/Sie starteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde starten.

Person Imperativ
du starte!
ihr startet!
Sie starten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

start root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Startdie Startbahnder Neustart

In Otti's situations: Emil flies to his cousins

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