sætte

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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

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

Inflection of sætte
present past
simple sætter satte
perfect har sat havde sat
passive sættes sattes
participle sættende sat
imperative sæt —
infinitive sætte —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund sætten —

Derived terms

References

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