hitta
Afar
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈhitːa/, [ˈhɪtːʌ]
 - Hyphenation: hit‧ta
 
References
    
- Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi
 
Faroese
    
    
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. | ||
Icelandic
    
    
Verb
    
hitta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hitti, supine hitt)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to meet
- 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.
 
 - (transitive, governs the accusative) to hit (a target in the right place)
- Ég hitti beint í mark! ― I hit the target!
 
 
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
    
- (hit): hæfa
 
Derived terms
    
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)
References
    
- “hitta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
 
Old Norse
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, strike, fall, fall upon”). Cognate with Old English hittan. The participle forms are of the same verb.
Conjugation
    
| 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 | |
| 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
    
Participle
    
hitta
References
    
- “hitta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 
Shabo
    
    
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/
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Verb
    
hitta (present hittar, preterite hittade, supine hittat, imperative hitta)
- to find, to locate (an object); to stumble upon; to discover
 - to know one's way; to be able to locate places
 
Conjugation
    
| 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)
 
Further reading
    
- hitta in Svensk ordbok.