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SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sits.

a seat (horizontal sitting surface)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a seat (horizontal sitting surface)

    common-gender

  2. a seat (a bit more generally)

    common-gender
    cykelsits

  3. a manner of sitting on a horse

    common-gender

  4. the relative position of players in a card game

    common-gender · rare

  5. a situation

    common-gender · figuratively
    Vi sitter i samma sits.
    Jag har varit i den sitsen.
Where this word comes from

Ca. 1800, borrowed from German Sitz, from Middle High German siz, deverbal from sizzen. Capable of being reanalyzed as sit(ta) (“to sit”) + -s, though etymologically the /s/ is not a suffix.

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