hitta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta

Verb

hitta (third person singular past indicative hitti, third person plural past indicative hitt, supine hitt)

1. to meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of hitta (group v-9)
infinitive	hitta
supine	hitt
participle (a5)1	hittandi	hittur
	present	past
first singular	hitti	hitti
second singular	hittir	hitti
third singular	hittir	hitti
plural	hitta	hittu
	imperative
singular	hitt!
plural	hittið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta

Verb

hitta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hitti, supine hitt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to meet

   Ég hitti vini mína í gær.

   I met my friends yesterday.

   Við hittum í síðustu viku á hótelinu.

   We met last week at the hotel.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to hit

Synonyms

• (hit): hæfa

Derived terms

• hitta naglann á höfuðið
• hittast

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hitta

1. past tense of hitte
2. supine of hitte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hitte (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”).

Verb

hitta (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitt)

1. to hit upon, meet
2. to find

Derived terms

• hitta på
• hitt
• hitten
• hittebarn
• hittegods

References

• “hitta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *keyd- (“to fall, fall upon”). Cognate with Old English hittan. The participle forms are of the same verb.

Verb

hitta (singular past indicative hitti, plural past indicative hittu, past participle hittr)

1. to hit upon, meet
2. to hit, strike
3. to visit, see

Conjugation

Conjugation of hitta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hitta
present participle	hittandi
past participle	hittr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hitti	hitta
2nd-person singular	hittir	hittir
3rd-person singular	hittir	hitti
1st-person plural	hittum	hittum
2nd-person plural	hittið	hittuð
3rd-person plural	hitta	hittu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hitta	hitta
2nd-person singular	hittir	hittir
3rd-person singular	hitti	hitti
1st-person plural	hittim	hittim
2nd-person plural	hittið	hittið
3rd-person plural	hitti	hitti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hitt, hitti
1st-person plural	hittum
2nd-person plural	hittið

Conjugation of hitta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hittask
present participle	hittandisk
past participle	hittzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hittumk	hittumk
2nd-person singular	hittisk	hittisk
3rd-person singular	hittisk	hittisk
1st-person plural	hittumsk	hittumsk
2nd-person plural	hittizk	hittuzk
3rd-person plural	hittask	hittusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hittumk	hittumk
2nd-person singular	hittisk	hittisk
3rd-person singular	hittisk	hittisk
1st-person plural	hittimsk	hittimsk
2nd-person plural	hittizk	hittizk
3rd-person plural	hittisk	hittisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hittsk, hittisk
1st-person plural	hittumsk
2nd-person plural	hittizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hitta
• Faroese: hitta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hitta, hitte
• Norwegian Bokmål: hitte
• Swedish: hitta
• Danish: hitte

Participle

hitta

1. strong feminine accusative singular of hittr
2. strong masculine accusative plural of hittr
3. weak masculine oblique singular of hittr
4. weak feminine nominative singular of hittr
5. weak neuter all cases singular of hittr

References

• hitta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Shabo

Verb

hitta

1. stand up

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hitta, from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *keyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪtˌa/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

hitta (present hittar, preterite hittade, supine hittat, imperative hitta)

1. to find, to locate (an object); to stumble upon; to discover
2. to know one's way; to be able to locate places

Conjugation

Conjugation of hitta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hitta		hittas
Supine	hittat		hittats
Imperative	hitta		—
Imper. plural1	hitten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	hittar	hittade	hittas	hittades
Ind. plural1	hitta	hittade	hittas	hittades
Subjunctive2	hitte	hittade	hittes	hittades
	Participles
Present participle	hittande
Past participle	hittad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (to find an object): finna (slightly more formal)

Related terms

• hitta på
• hitta till
• hitta ut
• hittepå
• hittegods
• upphittad