Sitzung German · revision 35653

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Sitzung''' ''f'' (genitive Sitzung, plural Sitzungen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|sitzen|-ung]], recorded from the 15th century, at first in the sense “sitting down”.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) It is formed like [[en|sitting]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ The verb [[sitzen]] is [[goh|sizzen]], from [[gem-pro|*sitjaną|t=to sit]], with a j-present also seen in [[non|sitja]] and [[ang|sittan]], while [[got|𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=sitan]] probably lost it.^(Kluge 2011|852)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Köbler AHD) It goes back to [[ine-pro|*sed-|t=to sit]], the root of [[la|sedeō]], [[grc|ἕζομαι|tr=hézomai]], [[lt|sėdėti]] and [[cu|сѣдѣти|tr=sěděti]].^(Kluge 2011|852)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Fifteenth-century glossaries give ''sitzung'' for Latin ''discubitus'' “reclining at table” and ''siczunge'' for ''sessio'', and Middle Low German had ''sittinge''.^(DWB|16, 1304)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Adelung explains ''Sitzung'' as a German word for the Latin-derived ''Session'', a meeting of a court or council, so called because its members sit.^(Adelung 1793|4, 116) Campe wanted to follow French usage and reserve ''Sitzung'' for the whole period during which a body deliberates, with ''Tagsitzung'' for a single meeting, but the distinction did not take hold.^(DWB|16, 1304) Schiller and Kleist use it of councils and courts, and it was also used jokingly of a long drinking session.^(DWB|16, 1304) In 1787 Heinse uses it for the sitting of a model for a portrait.^(DWB|16, 1304) Hebrew and Hungarian copied its meaning in words of their own.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 15th century – ''Sitzung'' is first recorded, meaning “sitting down”.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ * 1787 – Heinse's ''Ardinghello'' uses the word for a portrait sitting.^(DWB|16, 1304)

+ * 1793 – Adelung defines it as the meeting of a court or council.^(Adelung 1793|4, 116)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|meeting]] of a council, committee or other body at which matters are discussed and decided: ''Der Gemeinderat tagt heute in öffentlicher Sitzung.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Short for [[Karnevalssitzung]], a carnival evening with speeches and songs.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial, joking)'' A long stay on the [[m|en|toilet]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A [[m|en|sitting]] for a portrait.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(DWB|16, 1304)

+ # A [[m|en|session]] of dental, psychotherapeutic or similar treatment.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A regular meeting of a group, such as a class or seminar.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(law)'' The oral hearing of a court.^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(computing)'' A session, the connection of a client with a server.^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sitzen]]

+ * [[Sitz]]

+ * [[setzen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}