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German
Etymology
sitzen (“to seat”) + Gelegenheit (“facility”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɪt͡sɡəˌleːɡənhaɪt/
Noun
Sitzgelegenheit f (genitive Sitzgelegenheit, plural Sitzgelegenheiten)
- seat; (plural): seating, seating accommodation
1915, Franz Kafka, Der Process, Verlag: Die Schmiede, published 1925, page 5:K. wollte sich setzen, aber nun sah er, daß im ganzen Zimmer keine Sitzgelegenheit war, außer dem Sessel beim Fenster.- K. wanted to sit down, but now he saw that there was no seat in the whole room apart from the armchair at the window.
Declension
Declension of Sitzgelegenheit
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