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stellen.

to position; place

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈstɛ.lə(n)/
  1. to position; place

    transitive
    Deze ontwikkeling stelt ons voor een moeilijk dilemma.
  2. to state, to put forward (a question or problem)

    transitive
    De leraar stelde een moeilijke vraag.
    Na het college is er gelegenheid om vragen te stellen.
  3. to suppose (commonly as an imperative and followed by a clause beginning with dat)

    transitive
    Stel dat we naar Mars kunnen reizen.
    Stel dat ik de loterij win.
  4. to standardize a solution by titration

    transitive
    De laborant stelde de oplossing op punt door titratie.
    We moeten de zoutoplossing stellen met behulp van titratie.
Where this word comes from

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

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