vorstellen

== German == === Etymology === From vor- +‎ stellen. Compare Dutch voorstellen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛln̩], [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛlən] === Verb === vorstellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt vor, past tense stellte vor, past participle vorgestellt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to introduce (someone), to present (reflexive) to introduce oneself (transitive, dative reflexive) to imagine, to envision Synonyms: imaginieren, einbilden Ich kann's mir nicht vorstellen! ― I can't imagine this! als du dir vorstellen kannst. ― (more) than you can imagine. (transitive, archaic) to represent, to mean Synonym: darstellen (transitive) to move (something) forward (transitive) to put (the clocks) forward ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vorstellung === Further reading === “vorstellen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “vorstellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vorstellen” in Duden online “vorstellen” in OpenThesaurus.de