Which English translation means 'sein Studium aufnehmen, beginnen'?

• A. to take up one's studies
• B. to begin studies
• C. to study
• D. to start a course

Answer: (A)

Starting a degree or program of study is shown in English by phrases that emphasize beginning a formal course of study. The best fit here is “to take up one’s studies” because it naturally means to begin or resume a student’s own course of study, and the use of the possessive “one’s” makes clear whose studies are being started. The verb “take up” conveys the act of taking on the studies as a commitment, which fits the idea of starting a longer academic program. Although “to begin studies” can work, it sounds less idiomatic and doesn’t carry the same sense of starting a defined program that “take up one’s studies” provides. “to study” is too general and does not express the act of starting a program, and “to start a course” implies only one course rather than the whole course of study.