German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ sitzen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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absitzen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sitzt ab, past tense saß ab, past participle abgesessen, past subjunctive säße ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to serve (time, e. g. in prison) [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to dismount (from a horse) [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • absitzen” in Duden online
  • absitzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache