nachsetzen
[ˈnaːxˌzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“nachsetzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas verfolgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-nachsetzen · nachsetzen · German
nachsetzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nachsetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxˌzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nachsetzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nachsetzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnaːxˌzɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nachsetzen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nachsetzen, spelled N-A-C-H-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas verfolgen
- 2etwas erneut ins Gespräch bringen
- 3etwas an einer Stelle hinter einem Bezugspunkt platzieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nachsetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie setzen den flüchtigen Verbrechern nach.
Der Spieler gab nicht auf, setzte nach und machte doch noch das Tor.
Antonyms
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.