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fingen is the simple past (Präteritum) form of fangen, which means "to catch" or "to seize." It is not related to beginning or starting things. If you want to talk about beginning things in German, common verbs are beginnen (to begin/start) and anfangen (to begin/start).
Examples:
Wir begannen das Projekt gestern. (We started the project yesterday.)Der Film fängt um acht an. (The movie starts at 8.)Ich habe gerade mit meinem Buch angefangen. (I just started my book.)Related Topics: beginnen, anfangen, Starting things