festsitzen
German, verb[ˈfɛstˌzɪt͡sn̩]
festsitzen is spelled F-E-S-T-S-I-T-Z-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festsitzen is a German verb meaning “to be stuck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer Position/Stellung bleiben, die fest/starr ist”.
What does festsitzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be stuck
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einer Position/Stellung bleiben, die fest/starr ist 2. durch bestimmte Umstände einen Ort nicht verlassen können 3. sehr lange an einem Ort sitzen bleiben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of festsitzen
- sitzt fest present singular third-person
- saß fest past
- festgesessen participle past
- säße fest past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 5 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- festsitzend participle present
- festzusitzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sitze fest first-person indicative present
- sitzen fest first-person indicative plural
- sitzest fest second-person singular subjunctive
- sitzet fest plural second-person subjunctive
- saßen fest first-person indicative plural
- säßen fest first-person formal plural
- saßest fest indicative preterite second-person
- saßt fest indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festsitzen?
- [ˈfɛstˌzɪt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festsitzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is festsitzen in German?
festsitzen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).