Sitte
See also: sitte
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Sitte f (genitive Sitte, plural Sitten)
- custom, tradition, common practice
- 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”).
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Sitte [feminine]
Related termsEdit
- sittenwidrig
- sittlich
- Sittenbild
- Sittendelikt
- Sittengemälde
- Sittengeschichte
- Sittengesetz
- Sittenlehre
- Sittenpolizei
- Sittenstrolch
- Sittenverfall
- Sittenwächter
- Unsitte
Further readingEdit
- “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.