Sitte
See also: sitte
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sitte f (genitive Sitte, plural Sitten)
- custom, tradition, common practice, rite
- Synonyms: Brauch, Gebrauch, Gewohnheit, Tradition
- (especially) a normative standard of society; polite and (morally) accepted behaviour; mores, decency
- (law enforcement, informal) Short for Sittendezernat, Sittenpolizei (“vice, vice department”).
Declension edit
Declension of Sitte [feminine]
Related terms edit
- sittenwidrig
- sittlich
- Sittenbild
- Sittendelikt
- Sittengemälde
- Sittengeschichte
- Sittengesetz
- Sittenlehre
- Sittenpolizei
- Sittenstrolch
- Sittenverfall
- Sittenwächter
- Unsitte
Further reading edit
- “Sitte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sitte” in Duden online
- “Sitte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.