Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#SETZENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#SETZEN setzen, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#SETZENCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#SETZEN sezzen, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SETZENCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SETZEN *sattjan. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, English set, Dutch zetten, and Yiddish זעצן (zetsn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛtsən/, [ˈzɛtsn̩] (Germany)Category:German 2-syllable words#SETZENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#SETZEN
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛtsɛn/, [ˈsɛtsn̩] (Austria)Category:German 2-syllable words#SETZENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#SETZEN

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: set‧zen

Verb

setzen (weak, third-person singular present setzt, past tense setzte, past participle gesetzt, auxiliary haben or sein)Category:German lemmas#SETZENCategory:German verbs#SETZENCategory:German weak verbs#SETZENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#SETZENCategory:German verbs using sein as auxiliary#SETZENCategory:German verbs using haben and sein as auxiliary#SETZENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#SETZENCategory:Pages with entries#SETZENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SETZEN

1. (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#SETZEN) causative of sitzenCategory:German causative verbs#SETZEN: to set; to put [auxiliary haben]

   sich zur Ruhe setzen ― to retireCategory:German terms with collocations#SETZEN

2. (reflexiveCategory:German reflexive verbs#SETZEN, of a person) to sit down [auxiliary haben]
   • 1915, Franz Kafka, Der Process [The Trial]‎, Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925, page 5:

     K. wollte sich setzen, aber nun sah er, daß im ganzen Zimmer keine Sitzgelegenheit war, außer dem Sessel beim Fenster.

     K. wanted to sit down, but now he saw that there was no seat in the whole room apart from the armchair at the window.

     Category:German terms with quotations#SETZEN

3. (reflexiveCategory:German reflexive verbs#SETZEN, of particles or contents) to settle (precipitate) [auxiliary haben]
4. (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#SETZEN) to bet, wager [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on’] [auxiliary haben]
5. (intransitiveCategory:German intransitive verbs#SETZEN) to leap [with über (+ accusative) ‘over’] [auxiliary sein]

Further reading

• “setzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎ (in German)
• “setzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “setzen” in Duden online
• “setzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “setzen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German#SETZEN setzen, from Old High GermanCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German#SETZEN sezzen, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SETZEN *sattjan.

The past participle gesat and obsolete past tense sat (from attested Middle High German satte) may be unshifted relict forms (like tëschen); alternatively the cluster /t͡st/, which was rare in Middle High German, may have been assimilated to /tt/. Compare geschwat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzætsen/, [ˈzæ.t͡sən]Category:Luxembourgish 2-syllable words#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation#SETZEN

Verb

setzen (third-person singular present setzt, past participle gesat, auxiliary verb hunn)Category:Luxembourgish lemmas#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish verbs#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary#SETZENCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#SETZENCategory:Pages with entries#SETZENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SETZEN

1. (transitiveCategory:Luxembourgish transitive verbs#SETZEN) to put, to place, to set
2. (transitiveCategory:Luxembourgish transitive verbs#SETZEN) to plant
3. (transitiveCategory:Luxembourgish transitive verbs#SETZEN) to typeset
4. (reflexiveCategory:Luxembourgish reflexive verbs#SETZEN) to sit down, to take a seat
5. (reflexiveCategory:Luxembourgish reflexive verbs#SETZEN) to settle