sitte
See also: Sitte
Estonian
Noun
sitte
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)
- to sit (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Derived terms
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)
- alternative form of sitja
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsit.te/
Verb
sitte
- inflection of sittan:
- first-person singular present indicative
- singular present subjunctive
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian sitta, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪtə/
Verb
sitte
- 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 | ||
| clitic form | sitsto | sietsto | ||
| 3rd singular | sit | siet | ||
| plural | sitte | sieten | ||
| imperative | sit | |||
| participles | sittend | sitten | ||
Further reading
- “sitte”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011