Bavarian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, sitten, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti, from the root *sed- (to sit). Cognates include Yiddish זיצן (zitsn), German sitzen, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, English sit, Danish sidde, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsid̥sn̩/
  • Hyphenation: sitzn

Verb edit

sitzn (past participle gsessn)

  1. (intransitive) to sit [auxiliary sei]
    Synonyms: hockn, hocka
  2. (intransitive) to do time; to spend time in jail [auxiliary håbn]
  3. (intransitive, of a strike, a comment, etc.) to hit home; to have a significant effect [auxiliary håbn]

Conjugation edit

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