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anordnen

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German

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Etymology

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an- +‎ ordnen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌʔɔʁdnən/
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Verb

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anordnen (weak, third-person singular present ordnet an, past tense ordnete an, past participle angeordnet, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. to arrange, to put into a certain order (a set of items) [with nach (+ dative) ‘according to some property’ (often postpositional)]
    Synonym: ordnen
    Objekte der Größe nach anordnen
    to arrange items by size
  2. to order, to mandate (actions, measures)
    Synonyms: veranlassen, verfügen
    eine Untersuchung anordnen
    to order an investigation

Usage notes

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  • In the sense of "arrange", anordnen is used more often to describe a physical arrangement of items into a certain pattern, or to illustrate some relationship between them, while ordnen is more of a simple sorting process that can also be applied to abstracts like values.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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