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stellen.

causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃtɛlən/[ˈʃtɛ.l̩n][-lən]
  1. causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright

    causative · form-of · transitive · weak
    Stell die Flasche auf den Boden!
  2. causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to pose, to lodge

    figuratively · transitive · weak
    Die Beklagte stellte den Antrag, die Klage abzuweisen.
    Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen?
  3. 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

    transitive · weak
    Die Schutzbekleidung muss vom Arbeitgeber gestellt werden.
    Aus dem Sicherungsvertrage war die A-Gesellschaft verpflichtet, eine Bürgschaft zu stellen.
  4. causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to encounter and stop, to intercept

    transitive · weak
    Die Hunde haben den Hirsch gestellt.
    Die Polizei stellte den Dieb.
  5. causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright to set, adjust

    transitive · weak
    Müssen wir am Sonntag wieder die Uhren stellen?
  6. to expose oneself to, to succumb to, to come out to face, to confront

    reflexive · weak
    Du musst dich der Gefahr stellen.
    Der Dieb stellte sich der Polizei.
  7. to feign, to simulate, to pretend

    transitive · weak
    Es war alles nur gestellt!
    Sie hatte ihre Krankheit nur gestellt.
  8. to feign, to simulate, to pretend [with adjective or present participle]

    reflexive · weak
    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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