German verb · CEFR A2
angefangen
Meaning in English: started, begun
This is a form of anfangen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Habt ihr schon mit dem Essen angefangen?
Have you already started eating?
How common is angefangen?
angefangen is number 4,207 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 51,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,203der Transporttransport
- 4,204Systemssystem (genitive)
- 4,205schwierigedifficult
- 4,206besterbest
- 4,207angefangenstarted, begun
- 4,208ausländischeforeign
- 4,209die Steigerungincrease, rise
- 4,210die Entlastungrelief, easing (of burden)
- 4,211Siegenvictories, wins (dative)
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.