Before you start
Meet stellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 8 meanings
- (transitive) causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright
- (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
- to provide, to afford, to place at someone's disposal [with accusative]
- to encounter and stop, to intercept [with accusative]
- to set, adjust [with accusative]
- (reflexive) to expose oneself to, to succumb to, to come out to face, to confront [with dative ‘danger, etc.’]
Forms
How stellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle | stellte |
| du | stellst | stelltest |
| er/sie/es | stellt | stellte |
| wir | stellen | stellten |
| ihr | stellt | stelltet |
| Sie | stellen | stellten |
Partizip II gestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich stelle die Tasche neben die Tür.I put the bag next to the door.placing something
- 2Er hat den Wecker auf sieben gestellt.He set the alarm for seven.Perfekt with haben
- 3Du musst jetzt eine Frage stellen.You have to ask a question now.modal verb with infinitive
Verb family
Separable verbs built on stellen
Add a prefix to stellen and the meaning changes.
- 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
- abstellento turn off, shut down, park
- ausstellento display, issue, make out
- bereitstellento provide, put on standby
- sicherstellento confiscate, guarantee
- zusammenstellento put together
- umstellento rearrange, adjust, switch
- unterstellento put in charge, imply, store