anheben

Verb

 * 1) to lift up
 * 2) to raise, to increase
 * 3)  to begin (to do something)
 * 4) * 1483, Anton Koberger, Bibel, folio V recto:
 * "de"

- Hie hebt ſich an Geneſis das erſt buch der fuenff bucher moyſi.

Usage notes
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.