English
sitzprobe
Sitzprobe comes from German Sitzprobe ‘seated rehearsal’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentSitzprobe‘seated rehearsal’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012sitzprobe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentSitzprobe‘seated rehearsal’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012sitzprobe
Earliest quotation: 2012, Shannon Slaton: “However, something happens with almost every musical that puts…”
A compound of sitz + probe
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti ‘to be sitting’
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną ‘to sit’
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan ‘to sit’
Old High German sizzen
Middle High German sitzen ‘to sit’
German sitzen ‘to sit’
Every English word from German Sitzprobe
Today it means
noun The first run-through of an opera or musical in which the orchestra and singers rehearse together, covering only those portions of the piece in which the orchestra plays, and in which the singers sit or stand at microphones, but do not block out any action.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Sitzprobe / sitzprobe