fatt

See also: Fatt, fátt, and fått

Swedish

Etymology

From the verb fatta (“to grasp, to catch, to hold”)

Adjective

fatt

1. in the expression:

   hur är det fatt?

   what's the matter? what's up?

   • 1816, Carl Gustaf af Leopold, "Om kritiker och stridskrifter", in Samlade skrifter, volume 3, page 409

     Och nu, mine herrar, i så fatta omständigheter, hvad råd bör man gifva åt våra författare?

     And now, my lords, in such circumstances, what advise should one give to our writers?

2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite neuter singular of fadd

Declension

Inflection of fatt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	fatt	—	—
Neuter singular	fatt	—	—
Plural	fatta	—	—
Masculine plural3	fatte	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fatte	—	—
All	fatta	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Adverb

fatt

1. in the expression (komma, gå, springa, köra) i fatt, see ifatt and ikapp
2. a hold, a grasp

   få fatt i

   get hold of

   ta fatt på

   grasp, catch

References

• fatt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)