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German verb · CEFR A2

setzen

Meaning in English: to set, to put; sich setzen = sit down

Rank 462 of 5,000verbLevel A25 forms in the list
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Example

Wollen wir uns an den Tisch setzen?

Shall we sit down at the table?

Forms of setzen in the top 5,000

German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of setzen are also in the top 5,000:

setzt#459
sets, puts; sits (sich)A2

Er setzt sich immer ans Fenster.
He always sits by the window.

gesetzt#1,119
set, put, placedB1

Sie hat sich neben mich gesetzt.
She sat down next to me.

setzte#1,546
set, put, sat (oneself) downA2

Er setzte sich neben mich.
He sat down next to me.

setzten#3,532
set, put; sat down (past, plural)A2

Wir setzten uns in die erste Reihe.
We sat down in the front row.

How common is setzen?

setzen is number 462 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 190 times per million words — about once every 5,300 words. Its most frequent form is setzt (#459).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 58% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Related words in the list

Words built on setzen:

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 458der DezemberDecember
  2. 459setztsets, puts; sits (sich)
  3. 460der AugustAugust
  4. 461dadurchas a result, thereby; through it
  5. 462setzento set, to put; sich setzen = sit down
  6. 463die Zusammenarbeitcooperation, collaboration
  7. 464haltento hold; to stop; to keep
  8. 465der DienstagTuesday
  9. 466kaumhardly, barely

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