beisetzen

bury

verb BY-zet-tsen Less Common

Also means

inter

Usage Note

beisetzen is the dignified, formal word for burying or interring the dead, preferred over plain begraben in obituaries. It is separable (setzte bei, beigesetzt), and the ceremony itself is die Beisetzung. Reserve it for solemn contexts.

Examples

"Sie setzen ihn morgen bei."

Natural Translation

They are burying him tomorrow.

Literal Translation

They set him tomorrow by.

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