sigte

• IPA^(key): /sektə/, [ˈseɡ̊d̥ə]

Borrowed from Middle Low German sichte, a variant of sicht, from Old Saxon *sihti, from Proto-West Germanic *sihti.

sigte n (singular definite sigtet, plural indefinite sigter)

1. intention, goal, purpose
2. aim (with a weapon)
   • 2014, Conn Iggulden, Stormfugl: Rosekrigene 1, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Highburys skytter sendte deres andet dusin af sted, og Rowan lagde pile på buen så hurtigt han kunne og mærkede hvordan hans sigte blev bedre for hver gang.

     Highbury's archers sent off their second dozen, and Rowan laid arrows on his bow as fast as he could and felt how his aim improved each time.

   • 2010, Wilbur Smith, Solens sejr, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Hans sigte var så vildt, at han ikke ulejligede sig med at følge kuglens bane.

     His aim was so wild that he did not bother to follow the course of the bullet.

• “sigte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Low German sichte, derived from the verb sichten (“to sift”), see below.

sigte c (singular definite sigten, plural indefinite sigter)

1. sieve

   Synonym: si

• “sigte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle Low German sichten and German sichten, derived from the noun Sicht (Danish sigt).

sigte (past tense sigtede, past participle sigtet)

1. to aim

   at sigte på nogen med en bue

   to aim at someone with a bow.

• “sigte,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Danish sæktæ, derived from the noun Old Norse sekt (“penalty”), which is in turn derived from the adjective sekr (“guilty”), from Proto-Germanic *sakjaz.

sigte (past tense sigtede, past participle sigtet)

1. to charge (to make an accusation against)

• “sigte,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Low German sichten, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan, cognate with English sift (German sichten is also from Low German).

sigte (past tense sigtede, past participle sigtet)

1. to sieve, sift, bolt

• “sigte,5” in Den Danske Ordbog