bestellen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈstɛlə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧stel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bestellen. Equivalent to be- + stellen.

Verb

bestellen

  1. (transitive) to order, demand delivery
    Wil je koffie? Ik zal ons wat bestellen!
    Do you want coffee? I will order us some!
  2. (transitive) to deliver
    Die bakkerij bestelt nog aan huis.
    That bakery still delivers at home.
Inflection
Conjugation of bestellen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bestellen
past singular bestelde
past participle besteld
infinitive bestellen
gerund bestellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bestelbestelde
2nd person sing. (jij) besteltbestelde
2nd person sing. (u) besteltbestelde
2nd person sing. (gij) besteltbestelde
3rd person singular besteltbestelde
plural bestellenbestelden
subjunctive sing.1 bestellebestelde
subjunctive plur.1 bestellenbestelden
imperative sing. bestel
imperative plur.1 bestelt
participles bestellendbesteld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: bestèl
  • Sranan Tongo: bestèl
    • Caribbean Javanese: bestèl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bestellen

  1. plural of bestel

German

Etymology

be- + stellen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛlən/, [bəˈʃtɛlən], [-ˈʃtɛl̩n]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧stel‧len

Verb

bestellen (weak, third-person singular present bestellt, past tense bestellte, past participle bestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (usually transitive) to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery)
    Ich bestelle Bier für alle.
    I'm ordering beer for everyone.
  2. (transitive) to order to come, to summon
    Synonyms: herbeirufen, herbeizitieren, beordern
  3. (usually transitive) to reserve (e.g. a table, hotel room)
    Synonym: reservieren
  4. (ditransitive) to convey to, to send to (a message, greetings)
    Synonym: ausrichten
  5. (transitive) to appoint
    Synonyms: berufen, bestimmen, ernennen
    Sie wurde zur neuen Pressesprecherin bestellt.
    She was appointed as the new press secretary.
  6. (transitive, agriculture) to cultivate, till (a field, by ploughing, manuring etc.)
    Ein guter Bauer bestellt den Boden, bevor er pflanzt.
    A good farmer cultivates the soil before planting.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bestellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bestellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bestellen” in Duden online
  • bestellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bistellen; equivalent to be- + stellen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈʃtælen/, [bəˈʃtælən]

Verb

bestellen (third-person singular present bestellt, past participle bestallt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to order

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive bestellen
participle bestallt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular bestellen
2nd singular bestells bestell
3rd singular bestellt
1st plural bestellen
2nd plural bestellt bestellt
3rd plural bestellen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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