Before you start
Meet herstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 2 meanings
- to produce, manufacture
- to establish, make, install, connect
Build the meaning
her- + stellen
- her-
- toward the speaker or a point of reference
- stellen
- to put or place
Imagine putting separate parts together here until a finished product is at hand.
So herstellen means to produce; to manufacture.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Separable verb: her·stellen
In a main clause the prefix her splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDie Bäckerei stellt jeden Morgen Brot her.The bakery makes bread every morning.
Subordinate clauseIch weiß, dass die Firma die Teile herstellt.I know that the company makes the parts.
Participle: hergestelltzu-infinitive: herzustellen
Forms
How herstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle her | stellte her |
| du | stellst her | stelltest her |
| er/sie/es | stellt her | stellte her |
| wir | stellen her | stellten her |
| ihr | stellt her | stelltet her |
| Sie | stellen her | stellten her |
Partizip II hergestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Diese Firma stellt Schuhe her.This company makes shoes.prefix goes to the end
- 2Die Werkstatt hat neue Tische hergestellt.The workshop made new tables.Perfekt with haben
- 3Wir kaufen das Spielzeug, wenn die Fabrik es herstellt.We buy the toy when the factory makes it.verb at the end after wenn
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
- aufstellento put up, draw up
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- herausstellento emphasize, come to light
- abstellento turn off, shut down, park