sitt

See also: Sitt and sítt

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta. False cognate to Low German Schiet and English shit.

Noun

sitt (genitive sita, partitive sitta)

  1. (somewhat rude) shit

Declension
Declension of sitt (type riik)
singular plural
nominative sitt sitad
genitive sita sittade
partitive sitta sitte / sittasid
illative sitta / sitasse sittadesse / sitesse
inessive sitas sittades / sites
elative sitast sittadest / sitest
allative sitale sittadele / sitele
adessive sital sittadel / sitel
ablative sitalt sittadelt / sitelt
translative sitaks sittadeks / siteks
terminative sitani sittadeni
essive sitana sittadena
abessive sitata sittadeta
comitative sitaga sittadega

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

German

Etymology

Neologism coined in 1999 in analogy to satt (“not hungry anymore”) as part of a collaborative contest between Duden and Lipton. Out of the 45000 suggestions, sitt has been suggested 40 times.[1][2] It has however never seen widespread use.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɪt/, /sɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sitt
  • Rhymes: -ɪt
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

sitt (strong nominative masculine singular sitter, comparative sitter, superlative am sittesten)

  1. (neologism, rare, nonstandard) not thirsty anymore
    Antonym: durstig
    Coordinate term: satt

Declension
Positive forms of sitt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist sitt sie ist sitt es ist sitt sie sind sitt
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative sitter sitte sittes sitte
genitive sitten sitter sitten sitter
dative sittem sitter sittem sitten
accusative sitten sitte sittes sitte
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der sitte die sitte das sitte die sitten
genitive des sitten der sitten des sitten der sitten
dative dem sitten der sitten dem sitten den sitten
accusative den sitten die sitte das sitte die sitten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein sitter eine sitte ein sittes (keine) sitten
genitive eines sitten einer sitten eines sitten (keiner) sitten
dative einem sitten einer sitten einem sitten (keinen) sitten
accusative einen sitten eine sitte ein sittes (keine) sitten
Comparative forms of sitt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist sitter sie ist sitter es ist sitter sie sind sitter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative sitterer sittere sitteres sittere
genitive sitteren sitterer sitteren sitterer
dative sitterem sitterer sitterem sitteren
accusative sitteren sittere sitteres sittere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der sittere die sittere das sittere die sitteren
genitive des sitteren der sitteren des sitteren der sitteren
dative dem sitteren der sitteren dem sitteren den sitteren
accusative den sitteren die sittere das sittere die sitteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein sitterer eine sittere ein sitteres (keine) sitteren
genitive eines sitteren einer sitteren eines sitteren (keiner) sitteren
dative einem sitteren einer sitteren einem sitteren (keinen) sitteren
accusative einen sitteren eine sittere ein sitteres (keine) sitteren
Superlative forms of sitt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am sittesten sie ist am sittesten es ist am sittesten sie sind am sittesten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative sittester sitteste sittestes sitteste
genitive sittesten sittester sittesten sittester
dative sittestem sittester sittestem sittesten
accusative sittesten sitteste sittestes sitteste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der sitteste die sitteste das sitteste die sittesten
genitive des sittesten der sittesten des sittesten der sittesten
dative dem sittesten der sittesten dem sittesten den sittesten
accusative den sittesten die sitteste das sitteste die sittesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein sittester eine sitteste ein sittestes (keine) sittesten
genitive eines sittesten einer sittesten eines sittesten (keiner) sittesten
dative einem sittesten einer sittesten einem sittesten (keinen) sittesten
accusative einen sittesten eine sitteste ein sittestes (keine) sittesten

References
  1. Manfred Winter, March 2000, Sitt und satt!
  2. welt.de, 08.10.1999, Genug getrunken? Duden-Redaktion: "Dann ist man sitt"

Further reading
  • sitt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “sitt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “sitt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃitː]
  • Hyphenation: sitt
  • Rhymes: -itː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German. Compare Middle Low German schicht, schichte, German Schicht (“ordered stack, pile; layer; work shift”).[1][2]

Noun

sitt (plural sittek)

  1. (informal) rubble, debris, wreckage (refuse after construction or demolition)
    Synonyms: törmelék, építési/bontási hulladék/törmelék
    Hyponyms: kőtörmelék, betontörmelék, téglatörmelék, (made of stone, concrete, bricks, or asphalt, respectively) aszfalttörmelék
    Hypernym: hulladék
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative sitt sittek
accusative sittet sitteket
dative sittnek sitteknek
instrumental sittel sittekkel
causal-final sittért sittekért
translative sitté sittekké
terminative sittig sittekig
essive-formal sittként sittekként
essive-modal — —
inessive sittben sittekben
superessive sitten sitteken
adessive sittnél sitteknél
illative sittbe sittekbe
sublative sittre sittekre
allative sitthez sittekhez
elative sittből sittekből
delative sittről sittekről
ablative sittől sittektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 sitté sitteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 sittéi sittekéi
Possessive forms of sitt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sittem sittjeim
2nd person sing. sitted sittjeid
3rd person sing. sittje sittjei
1st person plural sittünk sittjeink
2nd person plural sittetek sittjeitek
3rd person plural sittjük sittjeik
Derived terms
  • sitteszsák

Etymology 2

Back-formation from sittel, besittel (“to imprison”), a partial calque of German verschütten, replacing the verbal prefix ver- with Hungarian be-.[1]

Noun

sitt (plural sittek)

  1. (slang) clink (prison, jail)
    Synonyms: börtön, dutyi, (the latter two are colloquial) hűvös
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative sitt sittek
accusative sittet sitteket
dative sittnek sitteknek
instrumental sittel sittekkel
causal-final sittért sittekért
translative sitté sittekké
terminative sittig sittekig
essive-formal sittként sittekként
essive-modal — —
inessive sittben sittekben
superessive sitten sitteken
adessive sittnél sitteknél
illative sittbe sittekbe
sublative sittre sittekre
allative sitthez sittekhez
elative sittből sittekből
delative sittről sittekről
ablative sittől sittektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 sitté sitteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 sittéi sittekéi
Possessive forms of sitt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sittem sittjeim
2nd person sing. sitted sittjeid
3rd person sing. sittje sittjei
1st person plural sittünk sittjeink
2nd person plural sittetek sittjeitek
3rd person plural sittjük sittjeik
  • sittel, lesittel, besittel

References
  1. sitt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. (rubble): sitt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Icelandic

Determiner

sitt

  1. inflection of sinn:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular

Declension
Possessive pronouns (eignarfornöfn)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sinn sín sitt sínir sínar sín
accusative sinn sína sitt sína sínar sín
dative sínum sinni sínu sínum sínum sínum
genitive síns sinnar síns sinna sinna sinna

Maltese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪt/
  • IPA(key): /sɪtt‿/ (before a vowel)
  • Homophone: sidt
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Numeral

sitt m or f

  1. attributive form of sitta (“six”)
    Coordinate term: (absolute form) sitta

Usage notes
  • The attributive form is used before counted nouns. (Unlike other numbers, 6 has no distinction between short and long attributive forms.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪtː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sitt.

Determiner

sitt n

  1. neuter singular of sin
See also
    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First– jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second– du deg di din ditt dine
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First– vi oss vår vårt våre
Second– dere deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Verb

sitt

  1. imperative of sitte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪtː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sitt.

Determiner

sitt n

  1. neuter singular of sin

Verb

sitt

  1. imperative of sitta and sitte
  2. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of sitta and sitte

References

Old Norse

Determiner

sitt

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of sínn

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪtː/
  • audio(file)

Pronoun

sitt

  1. neuter of sin his, her, its, their

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Verb

sitt

  1. imperative of sitta.
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