sitten
See also: Sitten
English
Alternative forms
- sittin
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪtən
Etymology 1
From Middle English siten, seten, from Old English seten, ġeseten, past participle of sittan (“to sit”). Cognate with Dutch gezeten, German gesessen.
Verb
sitten
- (archaic, UK dialectal) past participle of sit; alternative form of sat
- 1810, Legh Richmond, The fathers of the English church:
- For though we your brethren, who heretofore by our vocation have sitten in the chair of Moses, and be ghostly captains as Moses and Joshua unto you; [...]
- 1810, Legh Richmond, The fathers of the English church:
Adjective
sitten (comparative more sitten, superlative most sitten)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Seated.
- a1513, W. Dunbar, Poems (1998) 155:
- The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill.
- c1560, A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 38:
- He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin Nor Will.
- a1513, W. Dunbar, Poems (1998) 155:
- Settled; stationary; not easily stirred or moved.
- 1671, J. Livingston, Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15:
- Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.
- 1671, J. Livingston, Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15:
Derived terms
- well-sitten
- sitten-up
Etymology 2
From Middle English sitten, equivalent to sit + -en.
Verb
sitten
- (obsolete) plural simple present of sit
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
- Such merimake holy saints doth queme,
- But we here sytten as drownd in a dreme.
- 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], OCLC 1049092723; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, [London: Privately printed], 1870, OCLC 1230869372, page 64:
- This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.
- 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, Book I, Canto IV:
- While as they sitten soft in the sweet rayes
- Or vitall vest of the lives generall,
- 1738, Rev. John Whalley
- Then listen, Thenot, to my mournful lay,
- As wee these willows sitten here emong;
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
Anagrams
- ettins, settin', teints, testin'
Finnish
Etymology
From siten, formed from se + -ten; the t has doubled likely by contamination from dialectal siittä (which is se, stem si(i)- + -ttä, the same suffix as in että and jotta). Not related to Swedish sedan or Old English siþþan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsitːen/, [ˈs̠it̪ːe̞n]
- Rhymes: -itːen
- Syllabification(key): sit‧ten
Adverb
sitten
- then (when referring to temporal, logical or other order)
- Maksa sitten verelläsi!
- Then pay with your blood!
- when or whenever (in the expression "sitten, kun")
- Sitten, kun jään eläkkeelle...
- When I retire...
- Lähdemme sitten, kun olet valmis.
- We’ll go whenever you’re ready.
- used in some expressions for intensifying questions
- entä sitten? ― so what?
- mitä sitten? ― then what?
- ago
- kauan sitten ― long time ago
- tunti sitten ― one hour ago
- acts as an emphatic modifier for tahansa ... -kin expressions used to mean "whatever", "whoever"...
- Kenelle tahansa sen sitten annatkin, älä anna sitä minulle.
- Whomever you give it to, don't give it to me.
Preposition
sitten (+ genitive)
- since
- Emme ole tavanneet sitten viime vuoden.
- We haven't met since last year.
See also
- jahka
Anagrams
- sentit, sentti, sentti-
Hungarian
Etymology
sitt + -en (case suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃitːɛn]
- Hyphenation: sit‧ten
Noun
sitten
- superessive singular of sitt
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German sitten, Old Saxon sittian.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch zitten, German sitzen, English sit, West Frisian sitte, Danish sidde.
Verb
sitten (past singular seet, past participle seten, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to sit
Conjugation
Conjugation of sitten (class 5 strong verb)
| infinitive | sitten | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | preterite |
| 1st person singular | sitt | seet |
| 2nd person singular | sitts(t) | seets(t) |
| 3rd person singular | sitt(t) | seet |
| plural | sittt, sitten | seten |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | sitt | |
| plural | sittt | |
| participle | present | past |
| sitten | (e)seten, geseten | |
| Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. | ||
- The plural present indicative sittt is usually spelled sitt but also sitt't.
Usage note:
- The conjugation given is for a dialect which merges all open-mid and close-open vowels and apocopates /ə/. As such it is lacking many distinctions which are grammatical in other dialects.
Basic forms in Münsterland:
- infinitive: sitten ((to) sit)
- third person singular present indicative: sitt (sits)
- first and third person singular past indicative: satt (sat)
- third person plural past indicative: sätten (sat)
- past participle: siäten (sat)
References
- G. Ungt: Twee Geschichten in Mönstersk Platt. Ossmanns Jans in de Friümde un Ossmanns Jans up de Reise. Münster, 1861.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch sitten.
Verb
sitten
- to sit, to be seated
- to sit down
- to settle (of a sore)
- to be located, to be present
- to reside, to live
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: zitten
- Limburgish: zitte
Further reading
- “sitten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sitten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sittan.
Verb
sitten
- to sit
Descendants
- English: sit
- Scots: sit
- Yola: zit
References
- “sitten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
Verb
sitten
- to sit
- to be situated, to live
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- bisitten
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: sitten
- Dutch: zitten
- Limburgish: zitte
Further reading
- “sitten”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Verb
sitten
- Alternative form of sizzen