stellen

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See also: Stellen and stëllen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stellen, from Old Dutch *stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

Verb

stellen

  1. (transitive) to position; place
  2. (transitive) to state, to put forward (a question or problem)
    Na het college is er gelegenheid om vragen te stellen.
    There is an opportunity to ask questions after class.
  3. (transitive) to suppose (commonly as an imperative and followed by a clause beginning with dat)
    Stel dat iemand je een jaar geleden had verteld dat je weer zou kunnen lachen, had je hem dan geloofd?Suppose someone had told you a year ago that you would be able to laugh again, would you have believed him?
  4. (reflexive) to take one's stand
  5. (transitive, chemistry) to standardize a solution by titration
Inflection
Conjugation of stellen (weak)
infinitive stellen
past singular stelde
past participle gesteld
infinitive stellen
gerund stellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stel stelde
2nd person sing. (jij) stelt, stel2 stelde
2nd person sing. (u) stelt stelde
2nd person sing. (gij) stelt stelde
3rd person singular stelt stelde
plural stellen stelden
subjunctive sing.1 stelle stelde
subjunctive plur.1 stellen stelden
imperative sing. stel
imperative plur.1 stelt
participles stellend gesteld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stel
  • Caribbean Javanese: setèl, nyetèl
  • Papiamentu: stèl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stellen

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of stel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (to put, position), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to place, put, post, stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛlən/, [ˈʃtɛ.l̩n], [-lən]
  • audio (Germany):(file)
  • audio (Austria):(file)

Verb

stellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt, past tense stellte, past participle gestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to put, to place, to position such that it stands upright (compare setzen, legen)
    Stell die Flasche auf den Boden!Put the bottle on the floor!
    1. (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge
      Die Beklagte stellte den Antrag, die Klage abzuweisen.
      The defendant lodged the application to reject the claim.
      Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen?
      Can I ask you a question?
    2. to provide, to afford, to place at someone's disposal
      Die Schutzbekleidung muss vom Arbeitgeber gestellt werden.
      The protective gear must be provided by the employer.
      Aus dem Sicherungsvertrage war die A-Gesellschaft verpflichtet, eine Bürgschaft zu stellen.
      From the surety agreement the A company was obliged to provide a suretyship.
    3. to encounter and stop
      Die Hunde haben den Hirsch gestellt.
      The hounds stopped the stag.
      Die Polizei stellte den Dieb.
      The police stopped (and arrested) the thief.
    4. to set, adjust
      Synonym: einstellen
      Müssen wir am Sonntag wieder die Uhren stellen?
      Do we have to adjust the clocks again on Sunday?
  2. (reflexive, with dative object) to expose oneself, to succumb, to come out to face, to confront
    Du musst dich der Gefahr stellen.
    You have to face the danger.
    Der Dieb stellte sich der Polizei.
    The thief surrendered to the police.
    • 2006, “Brief von der Front”, in Sturmabende, performed by Arische Jugend, track 10, 2:39–2:49:
      Wir stellen uns den Panzern und Granaten,
      Dem Feinde, der uns gegenüber ficht,
      Denn was ist schon das Leben des Soldaten?
      Der Tod fürs Volk die Heldenpflicht.
      We will face the tanks and grenades
      The enemy who fights in front of us
      For what is the life of the soldier
      Death for the people is the obligation of a hero
  3. (transitive) to feign, to simulate, to pretend
    Es war alles nur gestellt!It was all fake!
    Sie hatte ihre Krankheit nur gestellt.She merely simulated her ailment.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • stellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stellen” in Duden online
  • stellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

Pronunciation

Verb

stellen (third-person singular present stellt, past participle gestallt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to put, to place
  2. (transitive) to pose (a question, etc.)
  3. (transitive or reflexive) to put forward (a suggestion, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to set, to adjust (an alarm clock, a thermostat, etc.)
  5. (transitive or reflexive) to stand
  6. (reflexive) to surrender
  7. (reflexive) to behave, to comport, to act

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive stellen
participle gestallt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular stellen
2nd singular stells stell
3rd singular stellt
1st plural stellen
2nd plural stellt stellt
3rd plural stellen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

Verb

stellen

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Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading