Sitzung

/[ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,211

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Sitzung is aGermannoun. It means: mündliche Verhandlung eines Gerichts Pronounced [ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ]. It ranks #3,211 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sitzungen and sitzen.

Key facts for Sitzung
PropertyValue
HeadwordSitzung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,211
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Sitzung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sitzung is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,211 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sitzung, with forms such as "istzung", "sittzung", and "situzng". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Sitzungen", "sitzen", "Satzung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Sitzung, spelled S-I-T-Z-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mündliche Verhandlung eines Gerichts
  2. 2
    beratende Zusammenkunft
  3. 3
    Aufenthalt, um eine Dienstleistung in Anspruch zu nehmen; besonders in der Informatik/EDV die stehende Verbindung eines Clients mit einem Server (siehe auch Client-Server-System)
  4. 4
    Dauer eines Termins einer Lehrveranstaltung (Universität)
  5. 5
    Aufenthalt auf der Toilette

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: istzung,sittzung,situzng,sitznug,sitzugn,sitzungg,sitzunng,sitzzung,siztung,ssitzung,stizung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sitzung

Misspelling Variants of "Sitzung"

istzung7sittzung8situzng7sitznug7sitzugn7sitzungg8sitzunng8sitzzung8
Misspelling Variants of "Sitzung"

Frequency rank: #3,211 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sitzung"?
"Sitzung" is spelled S-I-T-Z-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ].
What does "Sitzung" mean?
As a noun, "Sitzung" means: mündliche Verhandlung eines Gerichts
What words are commonly confused with "Sitzung"?
"Sitzung" is commonly confused with "Sitzungen", "sitzen", "Satzung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sitzung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sitzung" is [ˈzɪt͡sʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sitzung" come from?
"Sitzung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.