nachstellen

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German

Etymology

nach- +‎ stellen.

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  • Hyphenation: nach‧stel‧len

Verb

nachstellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt nach, past tense stellte nach, past participle nachgestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to reenact
  2. (transitive, grammar) to place after, to make postpositive
  3. (transitive) to turn back (a clock)
    Antonym: vorstellen
  4. (transitive, with dative) to hunt, to follow, to stalk, to pursue, to go after
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Nachmittage lang hatten sie hier gespielt, mit der Schleuder geschossen, den Katzen nachgestellt, Zelte gebaut und zum Vesper rohe gelbe Rüben gegessen.
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