Before you start
Meet stellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
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
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
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
stellen + der Stuhl
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say where you place der Stuhl.
- 3Use the noun phrase der Stuhl as the direct object.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I put it next toneben the doordie Tür yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When I came homenach Hause kommen, I put my keysder Schlüssel, die Schlüssel on the tableder Tisch.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She put the milkdie Milch in the fridgeder Kühlschrank because it was warmwarm.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The tableder Tisch that he put in the kitchendie Küche is newneu.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We have to put the chairsder Stuhl, die Stühle outsidenach draußen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She forgotvergessen to put the keysder Schlüssel, die Schlüssel on the tableder Tisch.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you put it on the tableder Tisch for me?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
stellen + die Blumen + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put the verb at the end of that clause.
- 3Say where she places die Blumen.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Where do you usually put your bag when you get home?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence using the present tense.
- 2Use a wenn-clause.
- 3Say where you put your bag.