No. 2,886 in Dutch
aansturen
"To direct, manage, or steer."
In a sentence
De manager gaat het team aansturen om de doelen te bereiken.
The manager is going to direct the team to achieve the goals.
In this sentence, 'aansturen' refers to directing or managing the team.
Het systeem werd opnieuw geconfigureerd om de processen beter aan te sturen.
The system was reconfigured to better control the processes.
Here, 'aansturen' is used to mean controlling or directing systems or processes.
Het leiderschap besloot een mentor aan te sturen om de nieuwe medewerkers te begeleiden.
The leadership decided to appoint a mentor to guide the new employees.
In this context, 'aansturen' implies appointing or assigning someone to a task.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “aansturen” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “aansturen” 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).