sit

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. To move oneself into such a position.
3. To occupy a given position.
4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. To be adjusted; to fit.
9. To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
10. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
11. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
12. To babysit.
13. To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
17. (obsolete) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Noun

1. An act of sitting.
2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Noun

Short for situation.

Konzepte

sitzen

sich hinsetzen

bleiben

setzen

bestehen

sich setzen

sich befinden

wohnen

ablegen

hinsetzen

angehören

gehören

sein

ausbrüten

bebrüten

Platz nehmen

sich niederhocken

Luft schöpfen

ausruhen

sich ausruhen

an einem Ort bleiben

sitzen bleiben

babysitten

liegen

machen

tagen

andauern

bestehen bleiben

verbleiben

beruhen

betreffen

gehören zu

hineinpassen

möglich sein

passen

zählen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/sɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sed-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
Old English sittan
Middle English sitten
English sit
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).