Start

See also: start and START

English

A Sega Mega Drive controller, with the Start button in the middle.

Alternative forms

• start
• START

Etymology 1

The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.

Noun

Start (plural Starts)

1. 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)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Start is the 35721^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Start is most common among White (94.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Start”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Strat, Tarts, strat, tarts

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English start.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaʁt/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːt/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Homophone: Staat (nonstandard)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Start m (strong, genitive Startes or Starts, plural Starts or Starte)

1. start (beginning of a project)
2. start (beginning point of a race)
3. takeoff (begin of a flight)

Hyponyms

• Fehlstart
• Raketenstart
• Semesterstart

Derived terms

• starten

Related terms

• Starthilfe
• Startkapital
• Startknopf
• Startlauf
• Startrampe
• Startschuss
• Startseite
• startbereit
• am Start sein

Further reading

• “Start” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Start” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Start” in Duden online