Before you start
Meet aufstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
auf- + stellen
- auf-
- into an upright or ready position
- stellen
- to place or put
You place something so it stands ready for use.
So aufstellen means to put up or set up; to draw up.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on stellen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- vorstellento introduce, imagine
- darstellento depict, portray
- feststellento establish, detect
- einstellento adjust, employ, stop
- herstellento produce
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- herausstellento emphasize, come to light
- abstellento turn off, shut down, park
Separable verb: auf·stellen
In a main clause the prefix auf splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseSie stellt ein Schild auf.She puts up a sign.
Subordinate clauseEr bleibt, weil wir ein Zelt aufstellen.He stays because we are putting up a tent.
Participle: aufgestelltzu-infinitive: aufzustellen
Forms
How aufstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle auf | stellte auf |
| du | stellst auf | stelltest auf |
| er/sie/es | stellt auf | stellte auf |
| wir | stellen auf | stellten auf |
| ihr | stellt auf | stelltet auf |
| Sie | stellen auf | stellten auf |
Partizip II aufgestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich stelle den Stuhl auf.I put the chair up.prefix goes to the end
- 2Wir haben den Tisch draußen aufgestellt.We set the table up outside.Perfekt with haben
- 3Wenn wir einen Plan aufstellen, arbeiten wir besser.When we draw up a plan, we work better.verb at the end after wenn
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
aufstellen + der Tisch
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use der Tisch as the object.
- 3Say where he sets it up.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We set it up in the gardender Garten yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the guestsder Gast, die Gäste arrivedankommen, we set up the chairsder Stuhl, die Stühle.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He set up the table because his familydie Familie was comingkommen.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The mander Mann who sets up the chairsder Stuhl, die Stühle worksarbeiten with my father.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We have to set up the tentdas Zelt before it gets darkdunkel.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She wants to set up a newneu tableder Tisch in her roomdas Zimmer.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Where would you put the newneu tableder Tisch?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
aufstellen + die Regel + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Use the simple past for aufstellen.
- 2Include die Regel as the object.
- 3Add an obwohl-clause with its verb at the end.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What would you like to set up in your home?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using aufstellen.
- 2Say what you would set up and where.