dasitzen

[ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]

/[ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“dasitzen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,648 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,648
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - untätig irgendwo länger sitzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-dasitzen · dasitzen · German

dasitzen · rank #82,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,648
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH davongelaufen

Nearest frequency peer: davongelaufen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dasitzen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dasitzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dasitzen
PropertyValue
Headworddasitzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dasitzen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.dasitzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „davongelaufen“ (#82,649), „Danish“ (#82,646), „demotiviert“ (#82,651). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dasitzen“ bei #82,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dasitzen is uncommon German at frequency #82,648 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

dasitzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dasitzen, spelled D-A-S-I-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
  2. 2
    in einer bestimmten (ungünstigen) Lage sein, ohne Unterstützung zu haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dasitzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sie war eine schöne Blonde mit blauen Augen und der Gestalt einer antiken Statue; nachdenklich, in sich versunken saß sie da und schien von einem bitteren Kummer verzehrt.“
  2. „General von Kyau hat grobklotzig dagesessen, die Füße fest auf die Erde gestemmt.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dasitzen"?
"dasitzen" is spelled D-A-S-I-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩].
What does "dasitzen" mean?
As a verb, "dasitzen" means: untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
How do you pronounce "dasitzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dasitzen" is [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dasitzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dasitzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list