smitta
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
smitta
- inflection of smitte:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
smitta (present tense smittar, past tense smitta, past participle smitta, passive infinitive smittast, present participle smittande, imperative smitta/smitt)
- a-infinitive form of smitte
Noun
smitta f
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *smittō, *smittā (“fleck, spot, smudge, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *smittōn (“to smear”), from Proto-Germanic *smittōną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, streak, whisk, rub”).
Pronunciation
Noun
smitta m
Declension
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Descendants
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *smitjaną, *smitōną, *smittōną (“to stain; tarnish”), secondary forms of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw; hurl; splatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear”). Cognate with Old English smittian (“to smear; pollute; defile”), dialectal Norwegian smita (“to smear thinly; creep away”). More at smut, smite.
Verb
smitta
- to stain
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German smitte (“stain”), derived from the verb smitte, from Old Saxon smītan (“to smite”, originally "to smear, coat").
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Noun
smitta c
- a communicable disease
- (uncountable) infection (with a communicable disease)
- ett område med mycket smitta
- an area with a lot of infections
Declension
Declension of smitta | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | smitta | smittan | smittor | smittorna |
Genitive | smittas | smittans | smittors | smittornas |
Derived terms
Verb
smitta (present smittar, preterite smittade, supine smittat, imperative smitta)
- (sometimes with ner (“down”)) to infect (with a communicable disease, or figuratively)
- Jag tror det var Nisse som smittade mig med tuberkulos
- I think it was Nisse who infected me with tuberculosis
- to be contagious
- en sjukdom som inte smittar
- a disease that is not contagious [that does not infect]
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | smitta | smittas | ||
Supine | smittat | smittats | ||
Imperative | smitta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | smitten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | smittar | smittade | smittas | smittades |
Ind. plural1 | smitta | smittade | smittas | smittades |
Subjunctive2 | smitte | smittade | smittes | smittades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | smittande | |||
Past participle | smittad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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References
- smitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- smitta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- smitta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- smitta in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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