sitzenbleiben
[ˈzɪt͡sn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“sitzenbleiben” is uncommon German (frequency #64,714 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,714
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Klassenziel nicht erreichen; eine Klasse wiederholen müssen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sitzenbleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzɪt͡sn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #64,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sitzenbleiben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sitzenbleiben is uncommon German at frequency #64,714 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɪt͡sn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
sitzenbleiben has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sitzenbleiben, spelled S-I-T-Z-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Klassenziel nicht erreichen; eine Klasse wiederholen müssen
- 2(besonders als Frau) keinen Ehepartner finden
- 3nicht aufstehen; sich nicht vom Sitzplatz erheben
- 4trotz Treibmittel nicht aufgehen
- 5(eine Ware) nicht verkauft bekommen; etwas behalten müssen
- 6(als negative Erinnerung) nicht vergessen werden
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 “sitzenbleiben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-T-Z-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɪt͡sn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩] (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.