sitte

See also: Sitte

Estonian

Noun

sitte

1. partitive plural of sita

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Verb

sitte (imperative sitt, present tense sitter, simple past satt, past participle sittet, present participle sittende)

1. to sit (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)

Derived terms

• besitte
• sitteplass
• stillesittende
• tettsittende

References

• “sitte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sitte (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sittast, present participle sittande, imperative sitt)

1. Alternative form of sitja

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsit.te/

Verb

sitte

1. inflection of sittan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sitta, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtə/

Verb

sitte

1. to sit

Inflection

Strong class 1
infinitive	sitte
3rd singular past	siet
past participle	sitten
infinitive	sitte
long infinitive	sitten
gerund	sitten n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	sit	siet
2nd singular	sitst	sietst
3rd singular	sit	siet
plural	sitte	sieten
imperative	sit
participles	sittend	sitten

Further reading

• “sitte”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011