No. 412 in German
stellte
"Stellte" is the German simple past tense of "stellen," meaning "placed" or "put."
In a sentence
Sie stellte die Vase vorsichtig auf den Tisch.
She carefully placed the vase on the table.
Describes the act of placing something in a position.
Er stellte die Frage, ob alle bereit waren.
He asked the question if everyone was ready.
Refers to the act of posing a question.
Ich stellte mir vor, wie es wäre, am Meer zu leben.
I imagined how it would be to live by the sea.
In this reflexive construction, it means to imagine something.
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