tät

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tat"

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þéttr (“tight, watertight”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. Doublet of tajt.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tät (comparative tätare, superlative tätast)

1. dense, thick or crowded
2. dense; compact
3. which does not allow anything (air, water,...) to pass, impermeable, tight
4. (slang) rich, in an economically beneficial position
5. without gaps, figuratively (as about a book) action-packed

Declension

Inflection of tät

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	tät	tätare	tätast
neuter singular	tätt	tätare	tätast
plural	täta	tätare	tätast
masculine plural2	täte	tätare	tätast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	täte	tätare	tätaste
all	täta	tätare	tätaste

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.

Related terms

• (dense): tätna, täthet
• (impermeable): täta, tätning

Etymology 2

From French tête (“head”).

Noun

tät c

1. the front, the foremost part

   En ung löjtnant red i täten.

   A young lieutenant rode in the front.

2. the lead, the foremost or most distinguished in a group

   Knivsta ligger i täten när det gäller befolkningsökning.

   Knivsta is in the lead when it comes to population increase.

Usage notes

• Nearly always used in the definite form täten.

Declension

Declension of tät

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tät	täts
	definite	täten	tätens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• tätklunga

References

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

Anagrams

• ätt