sesshaft
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See also: seßhaft
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sëzhaft, derived from sëz (“abode, residence”), from Old High German sez, related with sizzen, whence modern German sitzen (“to sit”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sesshaft (strong nominative masculine singular sesshafter, comparative sesshafter, superlative am sesshaftesten)
- settled, resident, sedentary (living in one place; not nomadic)
- Synonyms: ansässig, ortsfest
- Antonyms: fahrend; nomadisch, nomadisierend; umherziehend; vagabundisch, vagabundierend
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “seßhaft”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]- “sesshaft” in Duden online