Unsitte
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German unsite, from Old High German unsitu. By surface analysis, un- + Sitte. Compare Old English unsidu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Unsitte f (genitive Unsitte, plural Unsitten)
- wrong custom, bad habit
- 2006, Bernhard Bueb, Lob der Disziplin. Eine Streitschrift, Berlin: List, →ISBN, page 142:
- Eine der großen Herausforderungen unserer Tage ist die Erziehung und die Integration von Ausländerkindern oder Kindern aus Familien mit Migrationshintergrund. Nicht der Zerfall der Familien verursacht hier Probleme, sondern der enge Zusammenhalt in diesen Familien führt zu einer Erziehung, die verhindert, dass die Familien sich der deutschen Kultur und Sprache öffnen. Kinder sprechen nur unzureichend Deutsch, wenn sie in die Schule kommen, sie sind auch wenig vertraut mit den Sitten unseres Landes und nicht darauf vorbereitet, sich der Unsitten zu erwehren.
- One of the greatest challenges in our day is the education and integration of foreigner children or families with migration background. Not the break-ups of the families is what causes problems here, but the tight bound in these families leads to an education which prevents, that families open themselves to the German culture and language. Children speak German only insufficiently when they get to school, they are also little familiar with the customs of our land and unprepared to ward themselves from bad habits.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Unsitte [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Unsitte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Unsitte” in Duden online
- “Unsitte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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