unterstellen

German

Etymology 1

unter + stellen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊntɐˌʃtɛlən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧ter‧stel‧len

Verb

unterstellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt unter, past tense stellte unter, past participle untergestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to put beneath, to shelter under
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Calque of Latin suppōnere. Compare the same in Dutch veronderstellen. By surface analysis, unter- + stellen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʊntɐˈʃtɛlən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧ter‧stel‧len

Verb

unterstellen (weak, third-person singular present unterstellt, past tense unterstellte, past participle unterstellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, + subordinate clause) to assume, suppose, postulate, take it
    Ich unterstelle, dass Sie wissen, was Sie tun.
    I take it that you know what you do.
  2. (transitive or intransitive, + dative object) to allege that someone has done something; to accuse someone of a misdeed
    Er unterstellt mir, dass ich das Geld gestohlen hätte.
    He alleges that I stole the money.
    Er unterstellt mir einen Diebstahl.
    He accuses me of theft.
  3. (transitive, + dative object) to (make) subordinate
    Die Schule für Diensthundewesen ist dem Streitkräfteamt unterstellt.
    The School for Military Dogs is subordinate to the Armed Forces Office.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.