FromOld Swedishsætia, fromOld Norsesetja, fromProto-Germanic*satjaną. Cognate withEnglishset.
sätta (presentsätter,preteritesatte,supinesatt,imperativesätt)
- (reflexive) tosit; to move oneself into a sitting position
Jagsatte mig på stolen- Isat down on the chair
- toseat; to show or guide somebody to a particular sitting position, or to intend to seat somebody somewhere e.g. at a party
Jagsätter (placerar) fru Jansson mittemot herr Olsson- I'm going toseat Mrs Jansson facing Mr Olsson
- toput orplace; to make tostick oradhere to
Hansatte klistermärket på armen- Heput the sticker on his arm
- toset; to put something (in particular, something heavier or more or less immovable)
- Synonym:(in many cases)ställa
Du kansätta skålen på bordet- You canset the bowl on the table
- to set oradjust; to choose asetting
- Synonym:ställa
Hansatte svårighetsgraden till medium- Heset the difficulty to medium
- tobet
Jagsätter en hundring på att du inte kan göra det- I'llbet you 100 SEK you can't do it
- to set; to assign work to
Lärarensatte sina elever på att läsa romanen över helgen.- The teacherset his students to read the novel over the weekend.
- toplant certain plants, such aspotatoes oronions
- Synonyms:plantera,så
Desatte potatis varje år- Theyplanted potatoes every year
- to set; toarrange; to prepare a text for printing
- Synonym:typsätta
- (in "komma sättande(s)") to comerunning (often in a frenzied manner – compare Englishset after (Swedishsätta efter))
Hundenkom sättandes runt husknuten- The dogcame running around the corner of the house
- put
