startte

Startte is the simple past tense form of the Dutch verb starten, meaning to begin or to commence. It describes a completed past action and is used in both spoken and written Dutch. The corresponding past participle is gestart, which is used to form perfect tenses (ik heb gestart; het project is gestart).

Conjugation: The verb is regular in the past tense. In the simple past the forms are: ik startte, jij startte, hij startte; wij startten, jullie startten, zij startten. The spelling is the same for the second and third person singular, and the plural forms end in -ten.

Usage: Startte can describe the start of a process, event, machine, project, or journey. Examples: "De trein startte om acht uur," "We startten een nieuw project." It is also common in news and narrative writing to report past events.

Past participle and related forms: The past participle is gestart, used with hebben or soms zijn to form perfect tenses: "We hebben het project gestart" or "Het project is gestart." In some contexts, especially in speech, speakers may prefer present perfect over simple past.

Relation to the noun start: The verb shares its root with the Dutch noun start meaning the beginning, and the two are semantically linked, though they are treated as separate parts of speech.