setzen

From Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, English set, Dutch zetten.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛtsən/, [ˈzɛtsn̩]

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setzen (third-person singular simple present setzt, past tense setzte, past participle gesetzt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to set; to put
2. (reflexive, of a person) to sit down
   • 1915, Franz Kafka, Der Process, Verlag: Die Schmiede (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.

3. (reflexive, of particles or contents) to settle

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From Old High German sezzen, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, German setzen, English set, Dutch zetten, Icelandic setja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzætsən/

setzen (third-person singular present setzt, past participle gesat, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to put, to place, to set
2. (transitive) to plant
3. (reflexive) to sit down, to take a seat
4. (transitive) to typeset
5. (reflexive) to settle

• (to plant): planzen