hitta

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

hítta

1. alternative form of ítta

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

From Old Norse hitta.

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

1. to meet

From Old Norse hitta.

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 naglann á höfuðið
• hittast

hitta

1. past tense of hitte
2. supine of hitte

• hitte (e-infinitive)

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

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

• hitta på
• hitt
• hitten
• hittebarn
• hittegods

• “hitta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

hitta f

1. heat

• Middle Dutch: hitte
  • Dutch: hitte

• “hitta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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.

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

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

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

hitta

1. stand up

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪtːˌa/

• Audio:

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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]

"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).

• känna igen sig

• hitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hitta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hitta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)