Sitz im Leben
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[edit] German
[edit] Phrase
- (idiomatic) (sit in life) means at which moment in someones life a kind saying or writing fits.
[edit] Usage notes
Though often rendered by phrases like "life setting", "situation in life" etc. the German term Sitz im Leben is usually either translated by "sociological setting" or left untranslated. As a technical term, it refers to the typical setting of a genre.
