Bedeutung von sit auf Englisch

• 0 to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated -- sich setzen

  • He likes sitting on the floor

  • They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.

• 1 to lie or rest; to have a certain position -- liegen

  • The parcel is sitting on the table.

• 2 (with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc) -- angehören

  • He sat on several committees.

• 3 (of birds) to perch -- sitzen

  • An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.

• 4 to undergo (an examination) -- sich unterziehen

  • Beth sits her geography exam today.

• 5 to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one’s picture painted or one’s photograph taken -- sitzen

  • She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.

• 6 (of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session -- tagen

  • Parliament sits from now until Christmas.