setzen
See also: sëtzen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, English set, Dutch zetten.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (transitive) to set; to put
- (reflexive, of a person) to sit down
- 1915, Franz Kafka, Der Process, Verlag: Die Schmiede (1925), page 5:
- K. wollte sich setzen, aber nun sah er, daß im ganzen Zimmer keine Sitzgelegenheit war, außer dem Sessel beim Fenster.
- K. wanted to sit down, but now he saw that there was no seat in the whole room apart from the armchair at the window.
- K. wollte sich setzen, aber nun sah er, daß im ganzen Zimmer keine Sitzgelegenheit war, außer dem Sessel beim Fenster.
- 1915, Franz Kafka, Der Process, Verlag: Die Schmiede (1925), page 5:
- (reflexive, of particles or contents) to settle
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “setzen” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German sezzen, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, German setzen, English set, Dutch zetten, Icelandic setja.
Pronunciation
Verb
setzen (third-person singular present setzt, past participle gesat, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to put, to place, to set
- (transitive) to plant
- (reflexive) to sit down, to take a seat
- (transitive) to typeset
- (reflexive) to settle
Conjugation
Regular | ||
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infinitive | setzen | |
participle | gesat | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | setzen | — |
2nd singular | setz | setz |
3rd singular | setzt | — |
1st plural | setzen | — |
2nd plural | setzt | setzt |
3rd plural | setzen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Synonyms
- (to plant): planzen
Derived terms
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German transitive verbs
- German reflexive verbs
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs
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