vorstellen

German

Etymology

vor- + stellen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛln̩], [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛlən]
  • (file)

Verb

vorstellen (third-person singular simple present stellt vor, past tense stellte vor, past participle vorgestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to move (something) forward
  2. (transitive) to put (the clocks) forward
  3. (transitive) to represent; to mean
  4. (transitive) to introduce (someone), to present
  5. (reflexive) to move forward
  6. (reflexive, vorstellen) to introduce oneself
  7. (reflexive, vorstellen) to imagine (sich is in the dative case)
    Ich kann's mir nicht vorstellen!
    I can't imagine this!

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