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feststellen

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German

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Etymology

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    fest- +‎ stellen

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio:(file)
    • IPA(key): /ˈfɛstˌʃtɛlən/, [ˈfɛstˌʃtɛln]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Verb

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    feststellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt fest, past tense stellte fest, past participle festgestellt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (transitive) to determine, to ascertain, to establish, to find, to see
      Ich werde nun feststellen, wie gut das Gerät funktioniert.
      I will now determine how well the device works.
    2. (transitive) to notice, to realize, to observe
      Wir haben festgestellt, dass der Mann gelogen hat.
      We realized that the man lied.
    3. (transitive) to declare, to state
    4. (transitive, mechanics) to lock, to secure, to fix into place

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    Luxembourgish

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    Etymology

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    From fest +‎ stellen, after German feststellen.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfæstˌʃtælen/, [ˈfæs(t)ˌʃtælən]

    Verb

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    feststellen (third-person singular present stellt fest, past participle festgestallt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive) to establish, to determine
    2. (transitive) to identify, to notice
    3. (transitive) to diagnose

    Conjugation

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    Regular, separable
    infinitive feststellen
    participle festgestallt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular stellen fest
    2nd singular stells fest stell fest
    3rd singular stellt fest
    1st plural stellen fest
    2nd plural stellt fest stellt fest
    3rd plural stellen fest

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.