German edit

Etymology edit

ab- +‎ sitzen

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

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