ordnen

I v/t (sortieren) sort (out), arrange; (Gedanken) sort out; (Akten etc.) organize, file; (Blumen) arrange; (regeln) (Sache) settle; (Verkehr etc.) regulate; (sein Leben) sort out; (seine Finanzen, Angelegenheiten) put in order; seine Kleider ordnen straighten one’s clothing; alphabetisch ordnen arrange alphabetically (oder in alphabetical order); nach Klassen ordnen classify; geordnet

II v/refl: sich zu etw. ordnen form into s.th.; nur langsam ordneten sich seine Gedanken fig. he was only gradually able to collect his thoughts

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(in Ordnung bringen) to put in order;

(organisieren) to organize; to organise; to order;

(sortieren) to arrange; to sort; to dispose

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ọrd|nen ['ɔrdnən]

1. vt

1) Gedanken, Ideen, Material to order, to organize; Sammlung to sort out; Sektor, Markt to organize; Akten, Finanzen, Hinterlassenschaft, Privatleben to put in order, to straighten out

neu ordnen (Struktur, Verhältnisse) — to reorganize; Kleidung, Haar to straighten up

das Steuerrecht wird neu geordnet — tax law is being reformed

See:

→ auch geordnet

2) (= sortieren) to order, to arrange; (COMPUT) to sort

2. vr

to get into order

allmählich ordnete sich das Bild (fig) — the picture gradually became clear, things gradually fell into place

die Menge ordnete sich zu einem Festzug — the crowd formed itself into a procession

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1) (to put in some sort of order: Arrange these books in alphabetical order; She arranged the flowers in a vase.) arrange

2) (to put (things, people etc) in some order for show etc: goods arrayed on the counter.) array

3) (to arrange (forces, facts, arguments etc) in order: Give me a minute to marshal my thoughts.) marshal

4) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) order

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ord·nen

[ˈɔrdnən]

I. vt

▪ etw \ordnen

1. (sortieren) to arrange [or order] sth

etw neu \ordnen to rearrange [or reorganize] sth

2. (in Ordnung bringen) to put sth in order, to sort [or straighten] sth out

II. vr

▪ sich akk \ordnen to get clearer [or sorted out] [or more organized]

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1.

transitives Verb

1) arrange

2) (regeln) regulate <traffic>; settle <one's affairs>

sein Leben/seine Finanzen ordnen — straighten out one's life/put one's finances in order

2.

reflexives Verb form up

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ordnen

A. v/t (sortieren) sort (out), arrange; (Gedanken) sort out; (Akten etc) organize, file; (Blumen) arrange; (regeln) (Sache) settle; (Verkehr etc) regulate; (sein Leben) sort out; (seine Finanzen, Angelegenheiten) put in order;

seine Kleider ordnen straighten one’s clothing;

alphabetisch ordnen arrange alphabetically (oder in alphabetical order);

nach Klassen ordnen classify; → geordnet

B. v/r:

sich zu etwas ordnen form into sth;

nur langsam ordneten sich seine Gedanken fig he was only gradually able to collect his thoughts

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1.

transitives Verb

1) arrange

2) (regeln) regulate <traffic>; settle <one's affairs>

sein Leben/seine Finanzen ordnen — straighten out one's life/put one's finances in order

2.

reflexives Verb form up

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v.

to arrange v.

to file (to archive) v.

to organise (UK) v.

to organize (US) v.

to sort (out) v.

to tabulate v.