# die Sittsamkeit

die Sittsamkeit is a German noun meaning “modesty”. Forms: der Sittsamkeit.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Sittsamkeit

## In other languages

- Русский: благонравие

## Meanings

1. _archaic · no plural_ modesty, decency
   - Ich bitt Euch, gnädger Fürst, mir zu verzeihn. / Ich weiß nicht, welche Macht mir Kühnheit gibt, / Noch wie es meiner Sittsamkeit geziemt, / In solcher Gegenwart das Wort zu führen; — I do entreat your grace to pardon me. / I know not by what power I am made bold, / Nor how it may concern my modesty, / In such a presence here to plead my thoughts;

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