freisetzen
German, verb/ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛtsən/
freisetzen is spelled F-R-E-I-S-E-T-Z-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freisetzen is a German verb meaning “to release, liberate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas sich entwickeln lassen”.
What does freisetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to release, liberate
- 2
to lay off (make redundant)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas sich entwickeln lassen 2. etwas ungewollt entweichen lassen, herauslassen 3. beschönigend (euphemistisch) für entlassen
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 freisetzen
- setzt frei present singular third-person
- setzte frei past
- freigesetzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- freisetzend participle present
- freizusetzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- setze frei first-person indicative present
- setzen frei first-person indicative plural
- setzest frei second-person singular subjunctive
- setzet frei plural second-person subjunctive
- setzten frei first-person indicative plural
- setztest frei indicative preterite second-person
- setztet frei indicative plural preterite
- setz frei! imperative singular
- setze frei! imperative singular
- setzt frei! imperative plural
- freigesetzt haben active infinitive perfect
- freigesetzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce freisetzen?
- /ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛtsən/
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛtsn̩]
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌzɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to freisetzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is freisetzen in German?
freisetzen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).