sitzenbleiben meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency: 
strong, third-person singular simple present bleibt sitzen, past tense blieb sitzen, past participle sitzengeblieben, auxiliary sein
In this spelling the verb is exclusively used in the figurative sense. In the above-mentioned alternative spelling it is used in the literal as well as in the figurative sense.[http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/sitzen_bleiben sitzenbleiben] in ''Duden'' online - informal to stay down (to not having been moved up a class/grade, to repeat a school year) Sie ist keinmal sitzengeblieben. She has never stayed down. She hasn′t stayed down, not once.
- informal dated to be left on the shelf (to remain unmarried as a woman) Jede Eltern hoffen, dass ihre Töchter nicht sitzenbleiben.
- Every parents hope that their daughters won′t be left on the shelf.
- informal to be left with, to be sitting on (to find no customer for something) Die Händler waren auf ihre Waren sitzengeblieben.
- The traders have been left with their products.
- to be tarnished by, to be a black mark against somebody′s name ein Makel, ein Vorwurf bleibt auf jemandem sitzen somebody is tarnished by a blemish, an accusation a blemish, an accusation is a blackmark against somebody′s name
- regional of dough to not prove, to not rise (to not become aerated by the action of yeast) Ihm war der Rührkuchen sitzengeblieben.
- His sponge cake had not proven.
