hitte
See also: Hitte
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, cognate with Norwegian hitte, Swedish hitta, English hit (probably from Old Norse).
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Verb edit
hitte (past tense hittede, past participle hittet)
Conjugation edit
Inflection of hitte
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- “hitte” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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.
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hitte f (uncountable)
- heat (extreme warmth)
- Ze konden niet langer werken door de hitte.
- They couldn't work any longer because of the heat.
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Hungarian edit
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hitte
- third-person singular indicative past definite of hisz
- Ki hitte volna? ― Who'd have thought it?
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
hitte
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Determiner edit
hitte
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
hitte (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitte/hitt)
- alternative form of hitta
Adjective edit
hitte