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Anfang

beginning

noun AHN-fang Common
Time Time Expressions

Also means

start

Usage Note

Anfang is masculine and appears in time phrases without an article, e.g. Anfang Mai ('at the beginning of May'). The proverb aller Anfang ist schwer ('every beginning is hard') is widely quoted; its verb is anfangen ('to begin').

Examples

"Das war erst der Anfang."

Natural Translation

That was only the beginning.

Literal Translation

That was only the beginning.

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