svett

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From past participle of Old Norse sveitast.

Adjective

svett (neuter singular svett, definite singular and plural svette, comparative svettere, indefinite superlative svettest, definite superlative svetteste)

1. sweaty

Etymology 2

Verb

svett

1. imperative of svette

References

• “svett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

svett

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.

Noun

svett c

1. sweat

Declension

Declension of svett

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svett	svetts
	definite	svetten	svettens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• handsvett
• fotsvett
• i sitt anletes svett (“by the sweat of one's brow”)

Related terms

• svettas
• svettig
• svettfläck (“sweat stain”)

See also

• fotsvett
• handsvett
• lökring
• tåbira

Etymology 2

Adjective

svett (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) sweaty

Declension

Inflection of svett

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	svett	—	—
neuter singular	svett	—	—
plural	svetta	—	—
masculine plural2	svette	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	svette	—	—
all	svetta	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

• svettig

Etymology 3

Verb

svett

1. supine of sveda

References

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

Anagrams

• vetts