einen sitzen haben

/[ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩]/ phrase

The verdict

“einen sitzen haben” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
18
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: umgangssprachlich, salopp: angetrunken, betrunken sein

Key facts for einen sitzen haben
PropertyValue
Headwordeinen sitzen haben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “einen sitzen haben” sits in German frequency

einen sitzen haben falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for einen sitzen haben is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "umgangssprachlich, salopp: angetrunken, betrunken sein".

No misspelling variants are generated for einen sitzen haben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is einen sitzen haben, spelled E-I-N-E-N- -S-I-T-Z-E-N- -H-A-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    umgangssprachlich, salopp: angetrunken, betrunken sein

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einen sitzen haben"?
"einen sitzen haben" is spelled E-I-N-E-N- -S-I-T-Z-E-N- -H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩].
What does "einen sitzen haben" mean?
As a phrase, "einen sitzen haben" means: umgangssprachlich, salopp: angetrunken, betrunken sein
How do you pronounce "einen sitzen haben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einen sitzen haben" is [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einen sitzen haben" come from?
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Using “einen sitzen haben”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-E-N- -S-I-T-Z-E-N- -H-A-B-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nən ˈzɪt͡sn̩ ˈhaːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.