stellen

Meaning

1. (transitive) to position; place
2. (transitive) to state, to put forward (a question or problem)
3. (transitive) to suppose (commonly as an imperative and followed by a clause beginning with dat)
4. (reflexive) to take one's stand
5. (transitive) to standardize a solution by titration

put onto

turn to account

pass oneself off

allege

make use of

veronderstellen

redigeren

stileren

fitten

gelijkzetten

goed zetten

stationeren

opwerpen

indoen

rechtstellen

in toepassing brengen

inleggen

Frequency

Hyphenated as

stel‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɛlə(n)/

From Middle Dutch stellen, from Old Dutch *stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

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stel

1. (neuter) couple, pair
2. (neuter) group, set, collection
3. (informal,neuter) a couple (of), a few

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Sentences

Laat me dit heel duidelijk stellen .

Let me make this very clear.

Ik zou dat echt op prijs stellen .

I really do ask that of you.

Meer geld
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kunnen we niet
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beschikbaar stellen .

It is simply not possible to find any more money.

Staat u mij toe twee
2

duidelijke vragen te stellen .

However, I also have two formal comments to make.

We stellen ook een structuur voor dit debat voor .

We did not envisage that this debate should be without form.

Ik wilde echter graag twee
2

aanvullende vragen stellen .

There are two additional points I would like to make.

Ik neem het woord om een onrechtvaardigheid aan
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de kaak te stellen .

I am taking the floor so that I can expose an injustice.

Een groot land mag aan
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een kleiner land geen
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buitensporige eisen stellen .

A smaller country must not be swamped by a larger country.

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