Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en hatt

hat/hat/

Meaning

hat

In Swedish: ett slags huvudbonad

Forms

Forms of hatt
Singular, indefiniteen hatt
Singular, definitehatten
Plural, indefinitehattar
Plural, definitehattarna

hatt is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hatt, den stora hatten. Check another noun

Practise hatt

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Is it en hatt or ett hatt?

hatt in a sentence

  • lyfta på hatten
    raise one's hat

Expressions

  • samla allting under en hatt
    put everything in the same basket

Words built with hatt

  • herrhatt man's hat
  • vårhatt spring hat
  • halmhatt straw hat
  • slokhatt slouch hat
  • hattbrätte hat brim
  • hatthylla hat-rack

Questions

What does hatt mean in English?

hatt means “hat”.

Is it en hatt or ett hatt?

It is en hatt, and “the hat” is hatten.

What is the plural of hatt?

The plural of hatt is hattar, and the definite plural is hattarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish hatter, from Old Norse hǫttr, hattr, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”).

Nearby common words

hatt is number 1,889 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