krita

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kriːta/
• Rhymes: -iːta

Noun

krita c

1. (uncountable) chalk; white powdery limestone
2. (countable) a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
3. (countable, by extension) any crayon, regardless of color and material
4. (geology, indeclinable) Cretaceous; a geologic period
5. (uncountable, colloquial) credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

Declension

Declension of krita
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	krita	kritan	kritor	kritorna
Genitive	kritas	kritans	kritors	kritornas

Derived terms

• på krita

See also

• svart tavla (“blackboard”)

Verb

krita (present kritar, preterite kritade, supine kritat, imperative krita)

1. (transitive) to apply chalk
2. (transitive, colloquial) to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later

Conjugation

Conjugation of krita (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	krita		kritas
Supine	kritat		kritats
Imperative	krita		—
Imper. plural1	kriten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kritar	kritade	kritas	kritades
Ind. plural1	krita	kritade	kritas	kritades
Subjunctive2	krite	kritade	krites	kritades
	Participles
Present participle	kritande
Past participle	kritad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Descendants

• → English: Krita

References

• krita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• arkit., rikta, tikar