instand setzen
[ɪnˈʃtant ˌzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“instand setzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wieder in den Zustand bringen, in dem etwas entsprechend seiner Bestimmung eingesetzt/benutzt/verwendet werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-instand-setzen · instand setzen · German
instand setzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instand setzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪnˈʃtant ˌzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „instand setzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
instand setzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪnˈʃtant ˌzɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wieder in den Zustand bringen, in dem etwas entsprechend seiner Bestimmung eingesetzt/benutzt/verwendet werden kann".
Zero misspellings are on record for instand setzen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is instand setzen, spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-D- -S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1wieder in den Zustand bringen, in dem etwas entsprechend seiner Bestimmung eingesetzt/benutzt/verwendet werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how instand setzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich glaube, er hatte gar nicht vor, heute noch einen Zaun instand zu setzen.“
„Im August setzte man die westliche Esskastanieallee instand und befestigte Wege. In den Monaten Juni bis September reinigte man alle Wallgräben.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.