antreten

== German == === Etymology === From an- +‎ treten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanˌtʁeːtən/ Hyphenation: an‧tre‧ten === Verb === antreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritt an, past tense trat an, past participle angetreten, past subjunctive träte an, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to arrive; to present oneself [auxiliary sein] (also military) to line up; to stand for a muster or report (also sports, politics) to compete; to run (transitive) to begin (a duty or task, also a voyage); to take (office); to accept (an inheritance) [auxiliary haben] (transitive) to kick against (a device or machine) to start it; to kick start (a motorcycle) [auxiliary haben] (transitive) to tread down (soil) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Antreten, Antreter, Antretung antretend, angetreten ==== Related terms ==== Antritt === Further reading === “antreten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “antreten”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “antreten” in Duden online “antreten” in OpenThesaurus.de “antreten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon