dasitzen
[ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]
The verdict
“dasitzen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #82,648 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #82,648
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dasitzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dasitzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dasitzen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,648 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
- 2in einer bestimmten (ungünstigen) Lage sein, ohne Unterstützung zu haben
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “dasitzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-S-I-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdaːˌzɪ̯t͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.