Sitzfleisch

English Etymology en :bor de:Sitzfleisch + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈzɪtsflaɪʃ/ Noun ? en uncountable The ability to endure or carry on with an activity. en 1947 Frank Vigor Morley My One Contribution to Chess Chess Notes Faber & Faber 1 Sitzfleisch: a term used in chess to indicate winning by use of the glutei muscles--the habit of remaining stolid in one's seat hour by hour, making moves that are sound but uninspired, until one's opponent blunders through boredom. en 2003 w:Roy Porter Flesh in the Age of Reason 203 Penguin 2004 He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain. 2019-05-16 A.J. Goldmann A Festival of German Theater, Where More Is More https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/arts/a-festival-of-german-theater-where-more-is-more.html This year’s installment of Theatertreffen Berlin, the spring festival of the best of German-language theater that has been going strong since 1964, required some sitzfleisch — that is, the ability to stay planted on your derrière without fidgeting for the duration of a Wagner opera. https://web.archive.org/web/20250924003924/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/arts/a-festival-of-german-theater-where-more-is-more.html 24 September 2025 en slang A person's bottom; the posterior. en 1987 The Lexington Reader 530 Just as he was snorting and puffing like a grampus, I chanced to observe a quite formidable scar on his Sitzfleisch. With an apology for the personal nature of the question, I asked if it was a war wound of some kind. German Etymology From de sitzen to sit Fleisch flesh. Cognate with yi זיצפֿלייש. Pronunciation de /ˈzɪt͡sflaɪʃ/ de De-Sitzfleisch.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,(e)s.sg de colloquial often jocular buttocks especially in the context of sitting de Gesäß Hintern de 2018 Joseph von Lauff Sinter Klaas 9783746098203 Wie im Glückstaumel hob er sein Sitzfleisch aus dem staubigen Gras, genehmigte sich einen Schluck von seinem Baktrer Schnaps und brach in die Worte aus: As if drunk with joy he lifted his buttocks out of the dusty grass, allowed himself a sip of his Bactrian liquor and proclaimed: de colloquial by extension ability to sit still for extended periods of time, Sitzfleisch de Diese Tätigkeit erfordert sehr viel Sitzfleisch. This activity requires a lot of Sitzfleisch. de 1994-05-24 Uwe Denzer 6-Beratung fido.ger.ccc https://groups.google.com/g/fido.ger.ccc/c/demVcbVPuww/m/O66wn1nJ66cJ Und zur Diskussion: ja, "aushalten" tut er sie schon. (Dazu gehoert ja auch nichts anderes als Sitzfleisch.) Aber *fuehren* tut er sie nicht gescheit. And as to discussions: yes, he can "stand" them. (Nothing else to it than being able to sit still, after all.) But he doesn't *lead* them in a sensible way. Declension n,(e)s.sg Descendants cs sicflajš 1 en Sitzfleisch 1 sh сѝцфлајш 1 Further reading