zustellt

Zustellt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb zustellen, which means to deliver, to hand over, or to forward something to a recipient. The term is used in various formal and informal contexts, including postal delivery, business administration, and the service of official documents. In everyday usage it commonly appears in phrases describing the action of delivering letters, packages, invoices, or notices.

Zustellen is a separable-prefix verb. In present tense the prefix zu- is separated and moves to the end of the clause, for example: Er stellt heute die Sendung zu. The corresponding past participle is zugestellt and is used with auxiliary haben or in passive constructions, for instance: Die Rechnung wurde dem Kunden zugestellt.

Common contexts and collocations include postal and logistics settings (eine Sendung zustellen, Pakete zustellen), business communications (eine Rechnung zustellen), and legal/administrative procedures (eine Vorladung oder ein Schreiben zustellen, the act of service of process). The noun form Zustellung refers to the act or process of delivery, while Zusteller denotes the person who performs delivery, such as a postal worker or courier.

Etymologically, zustellen combines zu- with stellen in the sense of placing something to someone, hence the idea of placing or handing over a document or item to the recipient.

Related terms include Zustellung (delivery/service of documents), Zusteller (courier), and zugestellt (past participle). In legal contexts the timely und proper Zustellung of documents is often legally significant, as it can affect deadlines and procedural rights.