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/ 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) clipping of Sittendezernat or Sittenpolizei (“vice, vice department”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Sitte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Sitte” in Duden online “Sitte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.