hitt

See also: Hitt.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhitʲː/, [ˈ(h)itʲː], /ˈhitː/, [ˈ(h)itː]

Noun

hitt (genitive hiti, partitive hitti)

1. bestseller (success, especially in the entertainment industry)

   Synonyms: bestseller, menuk

2. (music) banger, hit (recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success)

   Synonyms: lööklaul, šlaager

Declension

Declension of hitt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hitt	hitid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hiti
genitive			hittide
partitive		hitti	hitte hittisid
illative		hitti hitisse	hittidesse hitesse
inessive		hitis	hittides hites
elative		hitist	hittidest hitest
allative		hitile	hittidele hitele
adessive		hitil	hittidel hitel
ablative		hitilt	hittidelt hitelt
translative		hitiks	hittideks hiteks
terminative		hitini	hittideni
essive		hitina	hittidena
abessive		hitita	hittideta
comitative		hitiga	hittidega

Further reading

• “hitt”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “hitt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “hitt”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• hitt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Pronoun

hitt n

1. (demonstrative) the other, that, the

Declension

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hin	hin	hitt
accusative		hina
dative	hinum	hinari / hini	hinum
genitive	hins	hinnar / hinar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hini
accusative	hinar
dative	hinum
genitive	hinna

Hungarian

Etymology

From the hi- stem of hisz +‎ -tt (past-tense and past-participle suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhitː]
• Hyphenation: hitt
• Rhymes: -itː

Verb

hitt

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of hisz

Participle

hitt

1. past participle of hisz

   közhelynek hitt igazságok ― truths believed to be commonplaces

Usage notes

Not to be confused with hit (“faith, belief”).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	hitt	hittek
accusative	hittet	hitteket
dative	hittnek	hitteknek
instrumental	hittel	hittekkel
causal-final	hittért	hittekért
translative	hitté	hittekké
terminative	hittig	hittekig
essive-formal	hittként	hittekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hittben	hittekben
superessive	hitten	hitteken
adessive	hittnél	hitteknél
illative	hittbe	hittekbe
sublative	hittre	hittekre
allative	hitthez	hittekhez
elative	hittből	hittekből
delative	hittről	hittekről
ablative	hittől	hittektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	hitté	hitteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	hittéi	hittekéi

Derived terms

Compound words

• önhitt

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hitt

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of hinn (“that”)

Etymology 2

Verb

hitt

1. supine of hitta

Luxembourgish

Verb

hitt

1. inflection of hidden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Middle English

Pronoun

hitt

1. alternative form of hit (“it”)

Determiner

hitt

1. alternative form of hit (“it”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German hütte, from Old High German hutta, probably from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ (“hut, shelter”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with German Hütte; see there for more.

Noun

hitt f

1. hut, cabin, cottage

Derived terms

• schutzhitt

References

• “hitt” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪtː/

Etymology 1

From English hit.

Alternative forms

• hit

Noun

hitt m (definite singular hitten, indefinite plural hitter, definite plural hittene)

1. (music) a hit

Etymology 2

From the verb hitte.

Noun

hitt m (definite singular hitten, indefinite plural hitter, definite plural hittene)

1. (colloquial) a happy accident

Verb

hitt

1. imperative of hitte

Etymology 3

Determiner

hitt n

1. (non-standard since 2005) neuter singular of hin

References

• “hitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪtː/

Etymology 1

Determiner

hitt n (masculine hin, feminine hi, plural hine)

1. neuter singular of hin

Etymology 2

From English hit.

Alternative forms

• hit

Noun

hitt m (definite singular hitten, indefinite plural hittar, definite plural hittane)

1. (music) a hit

Etymology 3

From the verb hitte.

Noun

hitt m (definite singular hitten, indefinite plural hittar, definite plural hittane)

1. (colloquial) a happy accident

Verb

hitt

1. imperative of hitte

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From hinn.

Pronoun

hitt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of hinn

Declension

Declension of hinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinn	hin	hitt
accusative	hinn	hina	hitt
dative	hinum	hinni	hinu
genitive	hins	hinnar	hins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hinir	hinar	hin
accusative	hina	hinar	hin
dative	hinum	hinum	hinum
genitive	hinna	hinna	hinna

Etymology 2

Verb

hitt

1. second-person singular imperative active of hitta

Etymology 3

From hitta (“to hit, meet”).

Participle

hitt

1. strong feminine nominative singular of hittr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hittr
3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hittr

Verb

hitt

1. supine of hitta