sitzen bleiben

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to remain seated, to keep one’s seat
  2. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to stick, to remain in people’s memory
  3. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to be left with, to be sitting on (find no customer or purpose for something)
  4. (class-1, intransitive, strong) to have to repeat a year, to flunk, to stay down
  5. (class-1, dated, intransitive, strong) to remain unmarried, become a spinster, be left on the shelf
  6. (class-1, intransitive, regional, strong) not to prove, not to rise

Concetti

sinonimi

eine Schulklasse wiederholen

eine Ehrenrunde drehen

in den Sitzstreik treten

an einem Ort bleiben

backen bleiben

sich befinden

sich setzen

Etimologia (Inglese)

Literally, “to stay sitting”. The school sense is from situations where proceeding to the next year meant going to another classroom or row of seats. The marriage sense is from the notion of not being picked, e.g. at a dance. Compare Dutch blijven zitten.

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