sëtzen

From Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzətsən/

  Rhymes: -ətsən

sëtzen (third-person singular present sëtzt, preterite souz, past participle gesiess, past subjunctive séiz, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to sit (to be seated)
2. (intransitive) to sit (to be a member on a committee)
3. (intransitive, of clothes) to fit, to sit
4. (intransitive, colloquial) to do time, to be in prison

• asëtzen
• besëtzen
• festsëtzen