Sittsamkeit
German, noun/ˈzɪtzaːmkaɪ̯t/
Sittsamkeit is spelled S-I-T-T-S-A-M-K-E-I-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sittsamkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “modesty, decency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung/Verhalten, sittsam zu sein, sich den Sitten gemäß zu verhalten”.
What does Sittsamkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininemodesty, decency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung/Verhalten, sittsam zu sein, sich den Sitten gemäß zu verhalten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Sittsamkeit?
- /ˈzɪtzaːmkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈzɪtzaːmkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sittsamkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sittsamkeit in German?
Sittsamkeit appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).