No. 6,859 in Dutch
aanstelden
"To act pretentiously" or "to behave in an affected manner."
In a sentence
Hij stelde zich aan toen hij klaagde over de regen.
He exaggerated when he complained about the rain.
Informal use of 'aanstellen' to denote exaggerated behavior.
De directeur stelde een nieuwe manager aan om de afdeling te leiden.
The director appointed a new manager to lead the department.
Formal use of 'aanstellen' in the sense of assigning someone to a position.
We vonden dat hij zich te veel aanstelde tijdens de discussie.
We thought he was overreacting too much during the discussion.
Expresses overreaction or dramatization in a social context.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “aanstelden” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “aanstelden” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Dutch podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Nederlands, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Dutch books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).