niedersetzen
[ˈniːdɐˌzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“niedersetzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seinen Platz einnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-niedersetzen · niedersetzen · German
niedersetzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | niedersetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈniːdɐˌzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „niedersetzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
niedersetzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈniːdɐˌzɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for niedersetzen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 niedersetzen, spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1seinen Platz einnehmen
- 2etwas kurz hinunterstellen, hinunterlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how niedersetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er musste sich niedersetzen als er die schlechte Nachricht erhalten hatte.
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.