Sitte

See also: sitte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪtə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɛ/ (Austria)

Noun

Sitte f (genitive Sitte, plural Sitten)

  1. custom, tradition, common practice, rite
    Synonyms: Brauch, Gebrauch, Gewohnheit, Tradition
  2. (especially) a normative standard of society; polite and (morally) accepted behaviour; mores, decency
  3. (law enforcement, informal) clipping of Sittendezernat or Sittenpolizei (“vice, vice department”)

Declension

Declension of Sitte [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Sitte die Sitten
genitive einer der Sitte der Sitten
dative einer der Sitte den Sitten
accusative eine die Sitte die Sitten

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