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Sitte

Pronunciation: /ˈzɪtə/

“Sitte” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. custom, tradition, common practice, rite
  2. a normative standard of society; polite and (morally) accepted behaviour; mores, decency

Etymology

From Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

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