einen Anfang nehmen
to get under way
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In a sentence
Die Zusammenarbeit der beiden Teams nimmt einen vielversprechenden Anfang.
How it is used
Describes how something originates or begins. Neutral register. Use when commenting on a project's promising start. Nuance: often used with adjectives like 'gut' or 'schlecht' to evaluate the start.
Other verbs that go with Anfang
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
Other collocations built on nehmen
- Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
- seinen Abschied nehmento take one's leave
- Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
- sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
- etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
- etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
- Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something
- Anteil nehmento show sympathy
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