hitte

See also: Hitte

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, cognate with Norwegian hitte, Swedish hitta, English hit (probably from Old Norse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hitə/, [ˈhid̥ə]

Verb

hitte (past tense hittede, past participle hittet)

1. to find
2. to think of, make up
3. to be a hit, have a hit

Conjugation

Inflection of hitte

	present	past
simple	hitter	hittede
perfect	har hittet	havde hittet
passive	hittes	hittedes
participle	hittende	hittet
imperative	hit	—
infinitive	hitte	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	hitten	—

Derived terms

• hittebarn
• hittegods
• hittepåsom
• hitte ud

References

• “hitte” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hitte, from Old Dutch *hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō; see *haitį̄. Cognate with German Hitze. Now commonly interpreted as heet (“hot”) +‎ -te (“ness”). Also related with English heat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪtə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hit‧te
• Rhymes: -ɪtə

Noun

hitte f (uncountable)

1. heat (extreme warmth)

   Ze konden niet langer werken door de hitte.

   They couldn't work any longer because of the heat.

Derived terms

• hitteberoerte
• hittebestendig
• hittegolf
• hitteschild
• hittestress
• hittig
• verhitten
• zomerhitte

 

Related terms

• heet
• hitsig

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hitte
• Negerhollands: hitte, hit, heet

Hungarian

Etymology

From hisz +‎ -tte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhitːɛ]
• Hyphenation: hit‧te

Verb

hitte

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of hisz

   Ki hitte volna? ― Who'd have thought it?

Middle English

Pronoun

hitte

1. Alternative form of hit (“it”)

Determiner

hitte

1. Alternative form of hit (“it”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hitte (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitte/hitt)

1. alternative form of hitta

Adjective

hitte

1. neuter singular of hitten