Sitte

See also: sitte

German

Etymology

From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɪtə/
Audio (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɛ/ (Austria)

Noun

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

Declension of Sitte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sitte	die	Sitten
genitive	einer	der	Sitte	der	Sitten
dative	einer	der	Sitte	den	Sitten
accusative	eine	die	Sitte	die	Sitten

Related terms

Sittenbild
Sittendelikt
Sittendezernat
Sittengemälde
Sittengeschichte
Sittengesetz
Sittenlehre
Sittenpolizei
Sittenstrolch
Sittenverfall
Sittenwächter
sittenwidrig
sittlich
Unsitte
unsittlich

Further reading

“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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