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stellen

to put, to place

The 98th most frequent word in German, appearing about 763 times per million words.

Type
verb
Frequency rank
#98
Per million words
763

Stellen = to put something upright (action). Stehen = to be standing (position).

In a sentence

Stell die Flasche auf den Tisch.Put the bottle on the table.

Conjugation

Present tense of stellen, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.

ich — Istelle
du — youstellst
er/sie/es — he / she / itstellt
wir — westellen
ihr — you (plural)stellt
sie — theystellen
Perfecthat gestellt
Simple paststellte

Forms its perfect tense with haben.

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