setzen
German, verb
setzen is spelled S-E-T-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written German, the 692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Setzen is a German verb meaning “to sit down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a causative of sitzen: to set; to put. With a capital, Setzen is a different word: “gerund of setzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas in eine sitzende Position bringen”.
What does setzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
causative of sitzen: to set; to put
sich zur Ruhe setzen
- 2
to sit down
- 3
to settle (precipitate)
- 4
to bet, wager [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on’]
- 5
to leap [with über (+ accusative) ‘over’]
noun
- 1
neutergerund of setzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas in eine sitzende Position bringen 2. sich selbst in eine sitzende Position bringen 3. sich ablagern, sich niederschlagen 4. Buchstaben, Zeichen, Wörter positionieren
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 setzen
- setzt present singular third-person
- setzte past
- gesetzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- setzend participle present
- setze first-person indicative present
- setzest second-person singular subjunctive
- setzet plural second-person subjunctive
- setzten first-person indicative plural
- setztest indicative preterite second-person
- setztet indicative plural preterite
- setz imperative second-person singular
- habe gesetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- setze! imperative singular
- setz! imperative singular
- setzt! imperative plural
- gesetzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to setzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is setzen in German?
setzen appears 126 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).