Before you start
Meet bereitstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
bereit- + stellen
- bereit-
- ready or prepared
- stellen
- to put or place
Put something in a ready state so it is available for use.
So bereitstellen means to provide; to make available.
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
- aufstellento put up, draw up
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- herausstellento emphasize, come to light
Separable verb: bereit·stellen
In a main clause the prefix bereit splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDas Hotel stellt Handtücher bereit.The hotel provides towels.
Subordinate clauseIch freue mich, dass das Hotel Handtücher bereitstellt.I’m glad that the hotel provides towels.
Participle: bereitgestelltzu-infinitive: bereitzustellen
Forms
How bereitstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle bereit | stellte bereit |
| du | stellst bereit | stelltest bereit |
| er/sie/es | stellt bereit | stellte bereit |
| wir | stellen bereit | stellten bereit |
| ihr | stellt bereit | stelltet bereit |
| Sie | stellen bereit | stellten bereit |
Partizip II bereitgestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Die Firma stellt heute neue Computer bereit.The company is providing new computers today.prefix goes to the end
- 2Die Stadt hat im Park Wasser bereitgestellt.The city provided water in the park.Perfekt with haben
- 3Wir warten, bis die Schule Stühle bereitstellt.We’re waiting until the school provides chairs.verb at the end
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
bereitstellen + das Wasser
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use das Wasser as the thing being provided.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We provided it for them yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the guestsder Gast, die Gäste arrivedankommen, the hoteldas Hotel provided them with waterdas Wasser.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She provided her friendder Freund with a chairder Stuhl because he was tiredmüde.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The fooddas Essen that they provided was very goodgut.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We can provide you with a roomdas Zimmer tonightheute Abend.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He calledanrufen to provide the addressdie Adresse.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you provide us with a tableder Tisch by six?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
bereitstellen + der Computer + dass
Your challenge
- 1Include a dass-clause.
- 2Put the conjugated verb at the end of that clause.
- 3Use der Computer as the thing being provided.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What do you usually provide for your family?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using bereitstellen.
- 2Say what you provide and for whom.