sitzen
Meaning
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to sit; to perch
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to stay (in one place); to remain; to be (in a particular place or state)
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to fit
- (class-5,intransitive,regional,strong) to be (e.g. with voller)
- (class-5,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to do time; to spend time in jail
- (class-5,colloquial,intransitive,strong,usually) to hit home; to have a significant effect
- (Switzerland,class-5,intransitive,strong) to sit down
Concepts
Synonyms
sich hinsetzen
sich setzen
sich befinden
sich niedersetzen
Haftstrafe verbüßen
hogge
sich niederlassen
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
sitze
St. Gallen
sitze
Aargau
sitze
Bern
hocke
Zürich
sitzä
Basel-Landschaft
sitze
Zug
sitze
Lucerne
setze
Solothurn
sitze
Graubünden
sitza
Thurgau
sitzä
Thurgau
sitze
Aargau
hocke
Obwalden
sitzä
Bern
hockä
Basel-Stadt
sitze
Bern
sitze
Bern
sitzä
Zürich
hocke
Aargau
sitzä
Appenzell Innerrhoden
hocke
Bern
hoke
Basel-Landschaft
hogge
Basel-Stadt
sitzä
Basel-Stadt
sizte
Fribourg
sitze
Graubünden
hocka
Lucerne
sitze
St. Gallen
hocka
St. Gallen
sitza
St. Gallen
hocke
Schaffhausen
sitzä
Schwyz
sitzä
Solothurn
setze
Valais
sitzu
Zürich
hockä
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪtsn̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, sitten, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan. Cognate with Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, English sit, Danish sidde.
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