bestellen
See also: Bestellen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈstɛlə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧stel‧len
- Rhymes: -ɛlən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bestellen. Equivalent to be- + stellen.
Verb
bestellen
- (transitive) to order, demand delivery
- Wil je koffie? Ik zal ons wat bestellen!
- Do you want coffee? I will order us some!
- (transitive) to deliver
- Die bakkerij bestelt nog aan huis.
- That bakery still delivers to home.
Conjugation
| 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 | bestel | bestelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bestelt, bestel2 | bestelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bestelt | bestelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bestelt | bestelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | bestelt | bestelde | ||
| plural | bestellen | bestelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bestelle | bestelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bestellen | bestelden | ||
| imperative sing. | bestel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bestelt | |||
| participles | bestellend | besteld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: bestèl
- → Sranan Tongo: bestèl
- → Caribbean Javanese: bestèl
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bestellen
- plural of bestel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bestellen, from Old High German bistellen. Equivalent to be- + stellen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɛlən/, [bəˈʃtɛlən], [-ˈʃtɛl̩n]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧stel‧len
Verb
bestellen (weak, third-person singular present bestellt, past tense bestellte, past participle bestellt, auxiliary haben)
- (usually transitive) to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery)
- Synonym: ordern
- Ich bestelle Bier für alle. ― I'm ordering beer for everyone.
- (transitive) to order to come, to summon (to a location)
- Synonyms: herbeirufen, herbeizitieren, beordern
- Die Kanzlerin bestellte mich in ihr Büro.
- The Chancellor summoned me to her office.
- (usually transitive) to reserve (e.g. a table, hotel room)
- Synonym: reservieren
- (ditransitive) to convey to, to send to (a message, greetings)
- Synonym: ausrichten
- (transitive) to appoint
- (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
Conjugation of bestellen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | bestellen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bestellend | ||||
| past participle | bestellt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bestelle | wir bestellen | i | ich bestelle | wir bestellen |
| du bestellst | ihr bestellt | du bestellest | ihr bestellet | ||
| er bestellt | sie bestellen | er bestelle | sie bestellen | ||
| preterite | ich bestellte | wir bestellten | ii | ich bestellte1 | wir bestellten1 |
| du bestelltest | ihr bestelltet | du bestelltest1 | ihr bestelltet1 | ||
| er bestellte | sie bestellten | er bestellte1 | sie bestellten1 | ||
| imperative | bestell (du) bestelle (du) |
bestellt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of bestellen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- abbestellen
- Bestelladresse
- Bestellbestätigung
- Bestellbuch
- Bestelldatum
- Bestelleingang
- Bestellen
- Besteller
- Bestellerin
- Bestellformular
- Bestellgeld
- Bestellkarte
- Bestellliste
- Bestellmenge
- Bestellmöglichkeit
- Bestellnummer
- Bestellpraxis
- Bestellschein
- Bestellseite
- Bestellung
- Bestellvorgang
- Bestellzeit
- Bestellzettel
- einbstellen
- herbestellen
- hinbestellen
- mitbestellen
- nachbestellen
- sein Haus bestellen
- umbestellen
- vorausbestellen
- vorbestellen
Related 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)
- to order
Conjugation
| 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.