stellen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlə(n)/

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Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Etymology

From Old High German stellen, from Proto-Germanic *stallijaną. More at stell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtɛln̩], [ˈʃtɛlən]

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) to pose (a question, a riddle)

   Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen?

   Can I pose a question to you?

2. (transitive) to position
3. (transitive) to put
4. (transitive) to catch

   Die Polizei stellte den Dieb.

   The police caught the thief.

5. (figuratively, colloquial) to corner
6. (reflexive) to surrender

   Der Dieb stellte sich der Polizei.

   The thief surrendered to the police.

7. (transitive) to set, adjust (a clock)
8. (reflexive) to place oneself, get
9. (reflexive, with gerund or adjective) to feign, to pretend to

Further reading

• stellen in Duden online

Etymology

From Old High German stellen, from Proto-Germanic *stallijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtælən/

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

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stellen, from Proto-Germanic *stallijaną.

Verb

stellen

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Further reading

• “stellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “stellen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929