sittlich
German, adjective/ˈzɪtlɪç/
sittlich is spelled S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sittlich is a German adjective meaning “moral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die guten Sitten betreffend, die Moral betreffend”.
What does sittlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
datedmoral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die guten Sitten betreffend, die Moral betreffend 2. den Anforderungen der guten Sitten oder der Moral entsprechend 3. auf moralischem Gebiet vorbildlich
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 sittlich
- sittlicher masculine nominative singular
- am sittlichsten superlative
- sittliche feminine nominative singular
- sittliches neuter nominative singular
- sittlichen genitive masculine singular
- sittlichem dative masculine singular
- der sittliche definite includes-article masculine
- die sittliche definite feminine includes-article
- das sittliche definite includes-article neuter
- die sittlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des sittlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der sittlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem sittlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sittlich?
- /ˈzɪtlɪç/
- [ˈzɪtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sittlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sittlich in German?
sittlich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).