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nachstellen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hound noun A dog, especially a breed bred for hunting by scent or sight.
  • reenact verb To bring a law or rule into force again.
  • stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  • trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.

Senses

nachstellen is used for these senses in English:

  • come after To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
  • hound (transitive) To persistently harass doggedly.
  • reenact To enact again.
  • stalk (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp
  • trail (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

hound — full definition

  1. noun A dog, especially a breed bred for hunting by scent or sight.
  2. noun A person obsessively devoted to pursuing something (often in compounds).
  3. verb To pursue or harass someone relentlessly.

reenact — full definition

  1. verb To bring a law or rule into force again.
  2. verb To act out a past event again, especially a historical one, as a performance.

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