Sitte
German, noun/ˈzɪtə/
Sitte is spelled S-I-T-T-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sitte is a German feminine noun meaning “custom, tradition, common practice, rite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Gesellschaft durch Tradition, Brauch und/oder moralische/religiöse Gebote legitimierte soziale Norm”.
What does Sitte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecustom, tradition, common practice, rite
- 2
femininea normative standard of society; polite and (morally) accepted behaviour; mores, decency
- 3
feminineinformalclipping of Sittendezernat or Sittenpolizei (“vice, vice department”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Gesellschaft durch Tradition, Brauch und/oder moralische/religiöse Gebote legitimierte soziale Norm 2. Kurzwort für Sittendezernat oder Sittenpolizei
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sitte
- Sitten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sitte?
- /ˈzɪtə/
- Austria /ˈsɪtɛ/
- [ˈzɪtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sitte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sitte in German?
Sitte appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).