
anfangen is one of the A2 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
anfangen
to begin, to start
/ˈanˌfaŋən/Conjugation
Principal parts
anfangen, fing an, hat angefangen
Practice "anfangen"
Examples — anfangen in a sentence
Der Kurs fängt um neun Uhr an.
The course starts at nine o'clock.
Wir haben gerade angefangen zu essen.
We just started eating.
How to remember it
AN-fang-en sounds like 'on fan again'. The fan is 'on' and can *begin* to cool the room.