Swedish adverb· top 500 most common
dit
that way, there, in that direction, where
Meaning
that way; there; in that direction; where
In Swedish: till det stället
Practise dit
1 / 1What does dit mean?
dit in a sentence
- han vinglade hit och dithe staggered all over the place
- det hör inte ditthat's irrelevant
- Titta inte dit!Don't look there!
- resa dittravel there
- hon kom till Stockholm dit hennes familj just hade anläntshe came to Stockholm, where her family had just arrived
- Jag gick dit, så nu är jag därI went [to] there, so now I am there
- Jag gick där [for comparison]I was walking there / I was walking at that location
- Jag har aldrig varit i London, men jag ska dit snartI've never been to London, but I'm going [to] there soon [see ska for why there is no resa (“travel”), åka (“go”), or the like]
Questions
What does dit mean in English?
dit means “that way, there”.
Where the course teaches it
- The Swedish pronoun man for general statementsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish demonstratives: denna and dettaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Saying there is in Swedish with finnsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish imperatives and location wordsComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish words ending in -portComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Telling the time in Swedish with klockanComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Old Swedish þit, from Old Norse þít, according to SAOB likely from þí + at.
Nearby common words
dit is number 269 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

