vorsetzen

Word type: vor verb
Based on: setzen

Perfect (spoken past): hat vorgesetzt

Preterite (written past): setzte vor

Meanings

to (go) sit (further) to the front

("sich+Acc vorsetzen" - me personally, I find "sich nach vorne setzen" more idiomatic. Can also be used in board games for putting your play figurine forward.)

Opposite (closest): hintersetzen

to put something in front of someone

("jemandem etwas vorsetzen" - usually used in the context of putting something "uncool" in front of someone. Like a disgusting dish or poor quality work.)

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Word Family

Root: *sed-

The core idea of this root was

sitting

Today, the majority of members of the family are about a somewhat broader sense of “putting down”.
Here’s a little (incomplete) overview:

to sit, seat (“sitting”)
saddle (“seat”)
to set (“putting down”)
settle (“sitting down for camping”)
soil (“where your settlement is”)
session (“the sitting”)
seance (“the sitting”)
siege (“sitting in front”)
sediment (“dust settling”)
possess (“sit on”)
obsess (“sit on, occupy”)
sedate, sedative (“settling”)
assist, assistent (Originally, a person sitting next to the judge)
assess (see “assist”, originally an assistant responsible for determining fines)
size (see “assess”)
cathedral (Originally, it was a scholar’s chair, the root is the “thed”- part)
chair (comes from cathedral)

vorsetzen

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