bestellen

Meaning

  1. (transitive,usually,weak) to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery)
  2. (transitive,weak) to order to come, to summon
  3. (transitive,usually,weak) to reserve (e.g. a table, hotel room)
  4. (ditransitive,weak) to convey to, to send to (a message, greetings)
  5. (transitive,weak) to appoint
  6. (transitive,weak) to cultivate, till (a field, by ploughing, manuring etc.)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
be‧stel‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈʃtɛlən/
Etymology

From Middle High German bestellen, from Old High German bistellen. Equivalent to be- + stellen.

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