stellen

Pronunciation: /ˈʃtɛlən/

“stellen” is a German word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

to pose, to lodge
to provide, to afford, to place at someone's disposal
to encounter and stop, to intercept
to set, adjust
to expose oneself to, to succumb to, to come out to face, to confront
to feign, to simulate, to pretend
[with adjective or present participle]

Etymology

From Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”).

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