Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

hatta

to act indecisively; to go back and forth, to chop and change

Meaning

to act indecisively; to go back and forth, to chop and change

Conjugation

Conjugation of hatta (act indecisively)
Infinitive	att hatta	to act indecisively
Present	hattar	jag hattar
Past	hattade	jag hattade
Supine	hattat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hattat	jag har hattat
Past perfect	hade hattat	jag hade hattat
Future	ska hatta	or: kommer att hatta
Conditional	skulle hatta	jag skulle hatta
Imperative	hatta!	a command
Present participle	hattande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hatta
Infinitive	hattas
Present	hattas
Past	hattades
Supine	hattats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use hattar. See the four verb groups explained.

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hatta in a sentence

att hatta fram och tillbaka
to go back and forth (between different things, unable to make up one's mind)
Det är för mycket hattande
There's too much indecisive back and forth

Questions

What does hatta mean in English?

hatta means “to act indecisively; to go back and forth, to chop and change”.

What is the past tense of hatta?

The past tense of hatta is hattade (“jag hattade”). The supine is hattat, used in “jag har hattat”.

What is the present tense of hatta?

hattar, the same for every person: jag hattar, du hattar, vi hattar.

Nearby common words

hatta is number 4,298 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,294borsta brush
4,295modiga courageous
4,296därmed thus, with that
4,297staket railing, fence
4,299kammare [small] room, house
4,301vilde savage, independent
4,302misstänksam suspicious
4,303behållare receptacle, vessel

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