Also means
to do detention
Usage Note
Nachsitzen describes a pupil being kept after school as a disciplinary measure — the German equivalent of 'detention'. A teacher lässt jemanden nachsitzen; the pupil muss nachsitzen. It is considered a mild sanction and is widely known from school culture.
Examples
"Weil er seine Hausaufgaben vergessen hatte, musste er nachsitzen."
Natural Translation
Because he had forgotten his homework he had to stay in for detention.
Literal Translation
Because he his homework forgotten had, had-to he after-sit.
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