🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Bestellung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: be-shtel-lung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Order/ˈɔːr.dər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ich habe eine Bestellung für einen neuen Laptop aufgegeben."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A request for something to be made, supplied, or served.

    "I placed an order for a new laptop online."
As verb
  1. 1

    To give a command or instruction to someone.

    "The manager ordered the team to complete the project by Friday."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'order' originates from the Latin 'ordo', meaning arrangement or sequence. It evolved through Old French 'orde' before entering Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical arrangement to a more abstract sense of organization and command.

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