aanstellen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to appoint, to commission, to name for a role
  2. (reflexive) to behave in an exaggerating, immature manner (e.g. childishly, with excessive emotionality, a sense of victimhood, or entitlement, etc.); to attitudinize
  3. (obsolete,transitive) to put in place, to set up, to install

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22k
Hyphenated as
aan‧stel‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaːnˌstɛlə(n)/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch aenstellen. Equivalent to aan + stellen.

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