stellen.
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright
Meaning & usage
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright
Stell die Flasche auf den Boden!
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to pose, to lodge
Die Beklagte stellte den Antrag, die Klage abzuweisen.
Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen?
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to provide, to afford, to place at someone's disposal
Die Schutzbekleidung muss vom Arbeitgeber gestellt werden.
Aus dem Sicherungsvertrage war die A-Gesellschaft verpflichtet, eine Bürgschaft zu stellen.
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to encounter and stop, to intercept
Die Hunde haben den Hirsch gestellt.
Die Polizei stellte den Dieb.
causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to set, adjust
Müssen wir am Sonntag wieder die Uhren stellen?
to expose oneself to, to succumb to, to come out to face, to confront
Du musst dich der Gefahr stellen.
Der Dieb stellte sich der Polizei.
to feign, to simulate, to pretend
Es war alles nur gestellt!
Sie hatte ihre Krankheit nur gestellt.
to feign, to simulate, to pretend [with adjective or present participle]
sich tot stellen
Where this word comes from
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”).
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