daransetzen
German, verb
daransetzen is spelled D-A-R-A-N-S-E-T-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daransetzen is a German verb meaning “to risk, to not spare, to make (every effort), to use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Daransetzen is a different word: “gerund of daransetzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “seine Fähigkeiten einsetzen, seine Kräfte aufbieten”.
What does daransetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to risk, to not spare, to make (every effort), to use
alles daransetzen, um etwas zu tun
- 2
informalto set out, to dedicate oneself
noun
- 1
neutergerund of daransetzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seine Fähigkeiten einsetzen, seine Kräfte aufbieten 2. sich an eine Tätigkeit setzen, sie in Angriff nehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of daransetzen
- setzt daran present singular third-person
- setzte daran past
- darangesetzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- daransetzend participle present
- daranzusetzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- setze daran first-person indicative present
- setzen daran first-person indicative plural
- setzest daran second-person singular subjunctive
- setzet daran plural second-person subjunctive
- setzten daran first-person indicative plural
- setztest daran indicative preterite second-person
- setztet daran indicative plural preterite
- dransetzen variant colloquial
- setz daran! imperative singular
- setze daran! imperative singular
- setzt daran! imperative plural
- darangesetzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is daransetzen in German?
daransetzen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).