Set
German, noun/sɛt/
Set is spelled S-E-T (3 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Set is a German masculine noun meaning “place mat, setting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Satz mehrerer zusammengehöriger Gegenstände”.
What does Set mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterplace mat, setting
- 2
Switzerlandmasculineneuterset, match
- 3
masculineneuterset
- 4
masculineneuterset
- 5
masculineneuterset
- 6
masculineneuterset
noun
- 1
neuterthe spacing between letters in type
noun
- 1
masculineset
- 2
masculineset
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Satz mehrerer zusammengehöriger Gegenstände 2. ein Deckchen, das auf dem Tisch vor jedem Platz liegt, auf das man den Teller stellt 3. ein Ort, an dem gerade Dreharbeiten laufen
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 Set
- Sets genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Set?
- /sɛt/
- [sɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Set in German?
Set appears 20 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).