Feminine
Sitte
Meaning
- (feminine) custom, tradition, common practice, rite
- (especially, feminine) a normative standard of society; polite and (morally) accepted behaviour; mores, decency
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine, informal) clipping of Sittendezernat or Sittenpolizei (“vice, vice department”)
Concepts
propriety
sex industry
customary practice
customary practise
traditional event
of convention
public morals
common practise
sex service
behavior pattern
behaviour pattern
common practice
Synonyms
gute Umgangsformen
gesellschaftliches Auftreten
Schicklichkeit
gute Manieren
Herkommen
gute Sitten
öffentliche Ordnung
öffentliche Moral
Usanz
gesellschaftliche Konvention
öffentliche Sittlichkeit
Lauterkeit
Sittenkodex
Benützung
Translations
costumbre
coutume
gebruik
costume
costume
gelenek
συνήθεια
جماركFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪtə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.
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