sitte

See also: 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)

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.

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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

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sitta, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sédt.

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