Sitte
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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]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.
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