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”). Cognate with Old English hittan. 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/

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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

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

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