German Conversation · Level 159
29 words
German word
bereitstellen
Pronunciation
IPA/bəˈʁaɪ̯tˌʃtɛlən/
Meaning
- verbprovide
Example
Die Firma stellt die Software bereit.
The company provides the software.
More examples
Der Support stellt schnelle Antworten auf Kundenfragen bereit.
Support provides quick answers to customer questions.
Core concept
A resource moves from storage into a designated position where others can take or use it.
Common phrases
Zugangsdaten bereitstellen
provide access credentials
Lehrmaterialien bereitstellen
provide teaching materials
finanzielle Mittel bereitstellen
provide financial resources
Similar words
zur Verfügung stellen: Keeping something ready and available for use as needed.
anbieten: Offering a service or item as one of several possible choices.
vorbereiten: Getting procedures or materials ready in advance for action.
einrichten: Setting up equipment or software so it is ready to operate.
Definition in German
etwas so vorbereiten oder liefern, dass andere es sofort nutzen können
Word origin
Bereitstellen is a compound of bereit, meaning ready, and stellen, meaning put or place, so its literal structure describes making something ready by putting it in position.
Usage tips
- Bereitstellen normally takes an accusative object, as in etwas bereitstellen, rather than a dative object for the thing being supplied.
Other meanings
- prepareverb
- supplyverb
Opposites
- zurückhaltenwithholdverb
- verweigernrefuseverb
Related words
- Bereitstellungprovisionnoun
- bereitgestelltprovidedadjective