anheben

an- +‎ heben

• IPA^(key): /ˈanˌheːbən/, [ˈʔanˌheːbm̩]
• Hyphenation: an‧he‧ben

• Audio

  (file)

anheben (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present hebt an, past tense hob an or hub an, past participle angehoben or angehaben, auxiliary haben)

1. to lift up
2. to raise, to increase
3. (archaic, now rare) to begin (to do something)
   • 1483, Anton Koberger, Bibel, folio V recto:

     Hie hebt ſich an Geneſis das erſt buch der fu^enff bucher moyſi.

     Here begins Genesis, the first book of the five books of Moses.

The alternative past-tense forms hub an etc. are generally limited to the sense of “to begin” and are, even as such, rare and considered dated or poetic.

The alternate past participle was a common obsolete or archaic form.

• Anheben
• Anhebung
• anhebend
• angehoben

• anheben in Duden online