Widersetzung
German, noun[viːdɐˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]
Widersetzung is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widersetzung is a German feminine noun meaning “opposition, resistance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Weigerung, einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel zu folgen”.
What does Widersetzung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopposition, resistance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Weigerung, einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel zu folgen
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 Widersetzung
- Widersetzungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Widersetzung?
- [viːdɐˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Widersetzung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Widersetzung in German?
Widersetzung appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).