tät

See also: tat, Tat, tát, tắt, tất, tą̊t, tæt, -tat, and -tât

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þéttr (“tight, watertight”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tät

1. dense, thick or crowded
2. dense; compact
3. impermeable; which does not allow anything (air, water,...) to pass
4. (slang) rich, in an economically beneficial position
5. without gaps, figuratively (as about a book) action-packed

Declension

Inflection of tät
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tät	tätare	tätast
Neuter singular	tätt	tätare	tätast
Plural	täta	tätare	tätast
Masculine plural3	täte	tätare	tätast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	täte	tätare	tätaste
All	täta	tätare	tätaste
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

Related terms

• (dense): tätna
• (impermeable): täta, tätning

Etymology

From French tête (“head”)

Noun

tät c

Nearly always used in the definite form, täten.

1. the front, the foremost part

   en ung löjtnant red i täten ― a young lieutenant rode in the front

2. the lead, the foremost or most distinguished in a group

   Knivsta ligger i täten när det gäller befolkningsökning ― Knivsta is in the lead when it comes to population increase

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