sitten
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪtən
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English siten, seten, from Old English seten, ġeseten, past participle of sittan (“to sit”). Equivalent to sit + -en (past participle). Cognate with Dutch gezeten, German gesessen.
Verb
editsitten
- (archaic, UK dialectal) past participle of sit; alternative form of sat
- 1810, Legh Richmond, The fathers of the English church:
- For though we your brethren, who heretofore by our vocation have sitten in the chair of Moses, and be ghostly captains as Moses and Joshua unto you; [...]
Adjective
editsitten (comparative more sitten, superlative most sitten)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Seated.
- a1513, W. Dunbar, Poems (1998) 155:
- The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill.
- c1560, A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 38:
- He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin Nor Will.
- a1513, W. Dunbar, Poems (1998) 155:
- Settled; stationary; not easily stirred or moved.
- 1671, J. Livingston, Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15:
- Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English sitten, equivalent to sit + -en (plural present).
Verb
editsitten
- (obsolete) plural simple present of sit
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:
- Such merimake holy saints doth queme,
But we here sytten as drownd in a dreme.
- 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, [London: Privately printed], 1870, →OCLC, page 64:
- This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.
- 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, Book I, Canto IV:
- While as they sitten soft in the sweet rayes
Or vitall vest of the lives generall,
- 1738, Rev. John Whalley, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Then listen, Thenot, to my mournful lay,
As wee these willows sitten here emong;
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom siten, formed from se + -ten; the t has doubled likely by contamination from dialectal siittä (which is se, stem si(i)- + -ttä, the same suffix as in että and jotta). Not related to Swedish sedan or Old English siþþan.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsitten
- then (soon afterward; next in order of place)
- Ensin syödään, sitten jutellaan. ― First we eat, then we chat.
- Maksa sitten verelläsi! ― Then pay with your blood!
- Sitten voisimme puhua vaikka tästä. ― Next we could talk about this.
- when, (when)ever (with the conjunction kun)
- Sitten, kun jään eläkkeelle... ― When I retire...
- Lähdemme sitten, kun olet valmis. ― We’ll go whenever you’re ready.
- Sitten kun olet tehnyt läksysi, voimme katsella televisiota. ― When you have done your homework, we can watch the television.
- then, in that case
- No sitten ei ole mitään hätää. ― Well then it's not urgent.
- Used for emphasis, often without any additional meaning.
- ...tai sitten ei ― ...or not
- Puhutaan siitä sitten ensi kerralla. ― Let's just talk about it the next time around.
- used to emphasize or intensify questions
- entä sitten? ― so what?
- mitä sitten? ― then what?
- Oliko aiempi väitteesi sitten vain liioittelua? ― So was your earlier claim just an exaggeration?
- acts as an emphatic modifier for tahansa ... (-kin) expressions used to mean "whatever", "whoever"...
- Kenelle tahansa sen sitten annatkin, älä anna sitä minulle. ― Whomever you give it to, don't give it to me.
Postposition
editsitten [with nominative]
- ago
- tunti sitten ― one hour ago
- kolme vuotta sitten ― three years ago
- kauan sitten ― long ago
- pitkän aikaa sitten ― a long time ago
Preposition
editsitten [with genitive]
- since
- Emme ole tavanneet sitten viime vuoden.
- We haven't met since last year.
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “sitten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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editNoun
editsitten
Low German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German sitten, Old Saxon sittian.
Verb
editsitten (past singular seet, past participle seten, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to sit
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sitten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | sitt | seet |
2nd person singular | sitts(t) | seets(t) |
3rd person singular | sitt(t) | seet |
plural | sittt, sitten | seten |
imperative | present | — |
singular | sitt | |
plural | sittt | |
participle | present | past |
sitten | (e)seten, geseten | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
- The plural present indicative sittt is usually spelled sitt but also sitt't.
Usage note:
- The conjugation given is for a dialect which merges all open-mid and close-open vowels and apocopates /ə/. As such it is lacking many distinctions which are grammatical in other dialects.
Basic forms in Münsterland:
- infinitive: sitten ((to) sit)
- third person singular present indicative: sitt (sits)
- first and third person singular past indicative: satt (sat)
- third person plural past indicative: sätten (sat)
- past participle: siäten (sat)
References
edit- G. Ungt: Twee Geschichten in Mönstersk Platt. Ossmanns Jans in de Friümde un Ossmanns Jans up de Reise. Münster, 1861.
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editVerb
editsitten
- to sit, to be seated
- to sit down
- to settle (of a sore)
- to be located, to be present
- to reside, to live
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “sitten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sitten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sittan.
Verb
editsitten
- to sit
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sitten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
Verb
editsitten
Inflection
editinfinitive | sitten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | sitto, sitton | sat |
2nd person singular | sitis, sitist | sāti, sātis |
3rd person singular | sitit | sat |
1st person plural | sitten | sātun |
2nd person plural | sitet | sātut |
3rd person plural | sittent | sātun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | sitte | sāti |
2nd person singular | sittes, sittest | sāti, sātis |
3rd person singular | sitte | sāti |
1st person plural | sitten | sātin |
2nd person plural | sittet | sātit |
3rd person plural | sitten | sātin |
imperative | present | |
singular | siti | |
plural | sitet | |
participle | present | past |
sittendi | setan, gisetan |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “sitten”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
editVerb
editsitten
- Alternative form of sizzen
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