hitta

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhitːa/ [ˈhɪtːʌ]
• Hyphenation: hit‧ta

Pronoun

hítta

1. alternative form of ítta

References

• Enid M. Parker (2006), English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta.

Verb

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

1. to meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of hitta (group v-9)

infinitive	hitta
supine	hitt
	present	past
first singular	hitti	hitti
second singular	hittir	hitti
third singular	hittir	hitti
plural	hitta	hittu
participle (a5)1	hittandi	hittur
	imperative
singular	hitt!
plural	hittið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta.

Verb

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

1. to meet [with accusative]

   Ég hitti vini mína í gær. ― I met my friends yesterday.

   Við hittumst í síðustu viku á hótelinu. ― We met last week at the hotel.

2. to hit (a target in the right place) [with accusative]

   Synonym: hæfa

   Ég hitti beint í mark! ― I hit the target!

hitta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hitta
supine sagnbót		hitt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hittandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hitti	hitti		hitti	hitti
	þú	hittir	hittir		hittir	hittir
	hann, hún, það	hittir	hitti		hitti	hitti
plural	við	hittum	hittum		hittum	hittum
	þið	hittið	hittuð		hittið	hittuð
	þeir, þær, þau	hitta	hittu		hitti	hittu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hitt (þú), hittu
plural	þið	hittið (þið), hittiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hittast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hittast
supine sagnbót		hist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hittandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hittist	hittist		hittist	hittist
	þú	hittist	hittist		hittist	hittist
	hann, hún, það	hittist	hittist		hittist	hittist
plural	við	hittumst	hittumst		hittumst	hittumst
	þið	hittist	hittust		hittist	hittust
	þeir, þær, þau	hittast	hittust		hittist	hittust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hist (þú), histu
plural	þið	hittist (þið), hittisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hittur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hittur	hitt	hitt	hittir	hittar	hitt
accusative (þolfall)	hittan	hitta	hitt	hitta	hittar	hitt
dative (þágufall)	hittum	hittri	hittu	hittum	hittum	hittum
genitive (eignarfall)	hitts	hittrar	hitts	hittra	hittra	hittra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hitti	hitta	hitta	hittu	hittu	hittu
accusative (þolfall)	hitta	hittu	hitta	hittu	hittu	hittu
dative (þágufall)	hitta	hittu	hitta	hittu	hittu	hittu
genitive (eignarfall)	hitta	hittu	hitta	hittu	hittu	hittu

Derived terms

• hitta naglann á höfuðið
• hittast

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hitta

1. past tense of hitte
2. supine of hitte

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 hitta/hitt)

1. to hit upon, meet
2. to find

Derived terms

• hitta på
• hitt
• hitten
• hittebarn
• hittegods

References

• “hitta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hittju. Cognate with Old High German hizza.

Noun

hitta f

1. heat

Inflection

Declension of hitta (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hitta	hitta, hitton
accusative	hitta, hitton	hitta, hitton
genitive	hitton	hittono
dative	hitton	hitton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hitte
  • Dutch: hitte

References

• “hitta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, strike, fall, fall upon”). 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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hitti	hitta		hitta	hitta
2nd person singular	hittir	hittir		hittir	hittir
3rd person singular	hittir	hitti		hitti	hitti
1st person plural	hittum	hittum		hittim	hittim
2nd person plural	hittið	hittuð		hittið	hittið
3rd person plural	hitta	hittu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hittumk	hittumk		hittumk	hittumk
2nd person singular	hittisk	hittisk		hittisk	hittisk
3rd person singular	hittisk	hittisk		hittisk	hittisk
1st person plural	hittumsk	hittumsk		hittimsk	hittimsk
2nd person plural	hittizk	hittuzk		hittizk	hittizk
3rd person plural	hittask	hittusk		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
• → Old English: hittan, hyttan
  • Middle English: hitten, hit, hitte, hyt, hittyne (Derbyshire), hette (Norfolk), hutte (Southwest Midland)
    • English: hit (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Scots: hit
      • Scots: hit

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hitta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Shabo

Verb

hitta

1. stand up

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): /ˈhɪtːˌa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

1. to find (locate; discover)

   Synonym: (slightly more formal) finna

   När man letar efter något så försöker man hitta det

   When you're looking for something, you're trying to find it

   Jag hittar inte nycklarna

   I can't find my keys

   Nisse hittade ett mynt från 1600-talet när han påtade i trädgården

   Nisse found a coin from the 17th century while pottering [when he pottered] in the garden

   Hon hittades medvetslös

   She was found unconscious

   Vi måste hitta en lösning

   We need to find a solution

   hitta inspiration

   find inspiration

   hitta rätt ord

   find the right word

   Läkaren hittade inga fel

   The doctor found nothing wrong [found no defects/faults, literally "wrongs"]

   Situationen tycktes hopplös, men hon hittade en utväg

   The situation seemed hopeless, but she found a way out

2. (idiomatic, in "vara som hittat" (be like found)) to be a steal (very cheaply priced)

   1000 kronor för den cykeln är som hittat

   1000 kronor for that bike is a steal

4. to (be able to) find one's way [with till ‘to somewhere’]

   Hittar ni till tågstationen?

   Can you find your way to the train station?

   Hittar du hem härifrån?

   Can you find your way home from here?

   Efter lite irrande hittade vi fram

   After a bit of lost wandering around, we found our way there [found our way forth (to the destination)]

   Jag hoppas inte monstret hittar hit

   I hope the monster doesn't find its way [to] here

   1. to know one's way around
      • 1992, Orup, “Stockholm”‎^[1]:

        I Stockholm är jag född. Där har jag min familj. Och jag hittar nästan överallt, men Stockholm har blivit kallt.

        In Stockholm I was [am] born [less awkward word order in Swedish]. There I have my family. And I know my way around almost everywhere [as a literal translation], but Stockholm has gotten cold.

      Jag hittar i Göteborg

      I know my way around [in] Gothenburg

      Jag börjar hitta ganska bra efter flytten

      I'm starting to find my way around pretty well after moving [after the move]

Usage notes

"Vet du var X ligger?" (Do you know where X is?) sounds more natural than "Hittar du till X?" when asking for directions, as the latter sounds like "Can you find your way to X?" rather than "Do you know the way to X?" Barring that caveat, "to know the way" is sometimes also a sensible translation in (sense 3).

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
present participle		hittande
past participle		hittad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• hitta på
• hittegods
• hittepå
• upphittad

See also

• känna igen sig

References

• “hitta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hitta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hitta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)