sesshaft
See also: seßhaft
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sëzhaft, derived from sëz (“abode, residence”), from Old High German sez, related with sizzen, whence modern German sitzen (“to sit”).[1]
Pronunciation
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editsesshaft (strong nominative masculine singular sesshafter, comparative sesshafter, superlative am sesshaftesten)
- settled, resident, sedentary (living in one place; not nomadic)
- Synonyms: ansässig, ortsfest
- Antonyms: fahrend; nomadisch, nomadisierend; umherziehend; vagabundisch, vagabundierend
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editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “seßhaft”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
edit- “sesshaft” in Duden online