widersetzen
German, verb/viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩/
widersetzen is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widersetzen is a German verb meaning “to set against, to make a stand against” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel nicht folgen, diese zurückweisen oder missachten”.
What does widersetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set against, to make a stand against
- 2
to defy, to oppose, to resist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel nicht folgen, diese zurückweisen oder missachten
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 widersetzen
- widersetzt present singular third-person
- widersetzte past
- haben auxiliary
- widersetzend participle present
- widersetze first-person indicative present
- widersetzest second-person singular subjunctive
- widersetzet plural second-person subjunctive
- widersetzten first-person indicative plural
- widersetztest indicative preterite second-person
- widersetztet indicative plural preterite
- widersetz imperative second-person singular
- habe widersetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben widersetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- widersetze! imperative singular
- widersetz! imperative singular
- widersetzt! imperative plural
- sich widersetzen infinitive present not-extended
- sich zu widersetzen infinitive present extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce widersetzen?
- /viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩/
- [viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to widersetzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is widersetzen in German?
widersetzen appears 1.8 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).