Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

het

hot, fervent, heated, excitedAlso the imperative of heta./heːt/

Meaning

hot; fervent; heated; excited

In Swedish: mycket varm

Forms

Forms of het
Basic form	het	with en-words
Neuter	hett	with ett-words
Plural and definite	heta	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	hetare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	hetast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does het mean?

het in a sentence

ett hett tips
a hot tip
ett hett bad
a hot bath
Den kvinnan är het!
That woman is hot!

Expressions

gå som katten kring het gröt
beat about the bush
vara het på gröten
jump the gun
en het potatis
a hot potato

Questions

What does het mean in English?

het means “hot, fervent”.

Similar words

brännande

Origin

From Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Nearby common words

het is number 1,795 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,791siffra figure, numeral
1,792långa long, tall (plural and definite form)
1,793leverera supply, deliver
1,794sådär in this way, about
1,796universum universe
1,797dna alternative letter-case form of DNA
1,798kopp cup
1,799utrustning equipment

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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