festsetzt

[ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st]

/[ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st]/ verb

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The verdict

“festsetzt” is uncommon German (frequency #86,466 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,466
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festsetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festsetzt · festsetzt · German

festsetzt · rank #86,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,466
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fesselten

Nearest frequency peer: fesselten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „festsetzt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „festsetzt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for festsetzt
PropertyValue
Headwordfestsetzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „festsetzt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.festsetztfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fesselten“ (#86,465), „fettem“ (#86,468), „Fernsehstudio“ (#86,463). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festsetzt“ bei #86,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festsetzt is uncommon German at frequency #86,466 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

festsetzt has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is festsetzt, spelled F-E-S-T-S-E-T-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festsetzen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festsetzen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festsetzen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "festsetzt"?
"festsetzt" is spelled F-E-S-T-S-E-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st].
What does "festsetzt" mean?
As a verb, "festsetzt" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festsetzen
How do you pronounce "festsetzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festsetzt" is [ˈfɛstˌzɛt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festsetzt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "festsetzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fesselten#86,465Filmrolle#86,471Federball#86,458existente#86,445

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list