Sitz German · revision 35765

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Middle High German|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /zɪt͡s/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Austria: /sɪt͡s/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Sitz''' ''m'' (genitive Sitzes, plural Sitze)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|siz]], a noun formed from [[sitzen]].^(Kluge 2011|852)^(Pfeifer 1993) The Duden dictionaries trace it further back to [[goh|siz]], but the Grimms' dictionary says the word first appears in Middle High German, the Old High German record being a misreading.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(DWB|16, 1276) It was at first only High German: [[gml|sit]] and [[nl|zit]] were borrowed from it.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB|16, 1276)

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+ The verb is [[goh|sizzen]], from [[gem-pro|*sitjaną]], also in [[got|𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=sitan]], [[non|sitja]] and [[ang|sittan]], whence English [[m|en|sit]].^(Kluge 2011|852)^(Pfeifer 1993) It goes back to [[ine-pro|*sed-|t=to sit]], the root of [[la|sedeō|t=to sit]], [[grc|ἕζομαι|tr=hézomai|t=to sit]], [[sa|सीदति|tr=sī́dati|t=sits]], [[lt|sėdėti|t=to sit]] and [[ru|сидеть|tr=sidétʹ|t=to sit]].^(Kluge 2011|852)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' dictionary quotes Middle High German ''siz'' from the ''Jüngerer Titurel'' for the manner of sitting, and Dasypodius' dictionary glosses Latin ''sessio'' with it.^(DWB|16, 1276)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Early uses describe a state rather than a place: in Swiss German a ''Siz'' was a sitting together for company, and ''auf einen Sitz'' or ''in einem Sitz'' came to mean “at one go”, as when a soldier in Grimmelshausen loses 20,000 ducats ''auf einen Sitz''.^(DWB|16, 1276) Adelung records the phrase ''Sitz und Stimme haben'' “to have a seat and a vote” in a council, and the senses “seat, chair” and “place of residence”.^(Adelung 1793|4, 113) Newer is the use for the way clothes fit.^(DWB|16, 1276) Today it also names a seat in parliament and the place where an institution or company has its headquarters.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ English took over ''Sitzkrieg'' “phoney war” in 1940 and the theological term ''Sitz im Leben'' in 1934.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Middle High German – ''siz'' is recorded.^(DWB|16, 1276)

+ * 1639 – Zinkgref uses ''zu einem Sitz'' “at one go”.^(DWB|16, 1276)

+ * 1934 – English borrows ''Sitz im Leben''.^(LWP)

+ * 1940 – English borrows ''Sitzkrieg''.^(LWP)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|seat]], something to sit on: ''Die hinteren Sitze lassen sich umklappen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A seat with a vote, especially in parliament: ''Die Partei gewann zwölf Sitze.'';^(Duden GWDS 1999) ''Sitz und Stimme haben''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # The place where an institution or company is based; [[m|en|headquarters]]: ''Die Firma hat ihren Sitz in Hamburg.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The way one sits, posture: ''Die Reiterin hat einen sicheren Sitz.'';^(Duden GWDS 1999) ''auf einen Sitz'' (colloquial) “at one go”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # The way a garment [[m|en|fit|alt=fits]]: ''der gute Sitz eines Mantels''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Vorsitz]]

+ * [[Wohnsitz]]

+ * [[Rücksitz]]

+ * [[Sitzplatz]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sitzen]]

+ * [[Sitzung]]

+ * [[setzen]]

+ * [[Sessel]]

+ * [[besitzen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}