Start

== English == === Alternative forms === start === Etymology 1 === The verb start, with initial uppercase letter. ==== Noun ==== Start (plural Starts) (video games) A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option. ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Start. === Etymology 2 === Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”). ==== Proper noun ==== Start (plural Starts) A surname from Old English. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Start is the 35721st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Start is most common among White (94.59%) individuals. === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== the Start (UK, slang, obsolete) The city of London, England. ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Start”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Strat, trats, tarts, strat, Tarts == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English start. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃtaʁt/ (standard) IPA(key): /ʃtaːt/ (common; especially northern and central Germany) Homophone: Staat (nonstandard) === Noun === Start m (strong, genitive Startes or Starts, plural Starts or Starte) start (beginning of a project) start (beginning point of a race) takeoff, liftoff (beginning of a flight) ==== Hyponyms ==== Fehlstart Raketenstart Semesterstart ==== Derived terms ==== starten ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Start”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Start” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Start” in Duden online