Sittsamkeit
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɪtzaːmkaɪ̯t/
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Noun
Sittsamkeit f (genitive Sittsamkeit, no plural)
- (dated) modesty, decency
- 1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene i]:
- Ich bitt Euch, gnädger Fürst, mir zu verzeihn. / Ich weiß nicht, welche Macht mir Kühnheit gibt, / Noch wie es meiner Sittsamkeit geziemt, / In solcher Gegenwart das Wort zu führen;
- I do entreat your grace to pardon me. / I know not by what power I am made bold, / Nor how it may concern my modesty, / In such a presence here to plead my thoughts;
Declension
Declension of Sittsamkeit [sg-only, feminine]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Sittsamkeit |
| genitive | einer | der | Sittsamkeit |
| dative | einer | der | Sittsamkeit |
| accusative | eine | die | Sittsamkeit |
Further reading
- “Sittsamkeit” in Duden online
- “Sittsamkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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