sætte

See also: saette

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, cognate with English set, German setzen. A causative of the verb *sitjaną (“to sit”) (Danish sidde).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛd̥ə]

Verb

sætte (past tense satte, past participle sat)

  1. to put, place, set
  2. to fix, stake
  3. to plant
  4. to suppose, posit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sætte
active passive
present sætter sættes
past satte sattes
infinitive sætte sættes
imperative sæt —
participle
present sættende
past sat
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund sætten

Derived terms

References

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