sitzenbleiben

Verb

 * 1)  to stay down, be held back (to repeat a school year, not having been moved up a class/grade)
 * 2)   to be left on the shelf (to remain unmarried as a woman)
 * 3)  to be left with, to be sitting on (to find no customer for something)
 * 4) to be tarnished by, to be a black mark against someone′s name
 * 5)  to not prove, to not rise (to not become aerated by the action of yeast)
 * 1) to be tarnished by, to be a black mark against someone′s name
 * 2)  to not prove, to not rise (to not become aerated by the action of yeast)
 * 1)  to not prove, to not rise (to not become aerated by the action of yeast)
 * 1)  to not prove, to not rise (to not become aerated by the action of yeast)

Usage notes

 * 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.