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

Conjugation

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Further reading

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