Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

hette

was called (named)Also the past tense of heta.

Meaning

was called (named)

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What does hette mean in English?

hette means “was called (named)”.

Nearby common words

hette is number 1,090 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,086speciell special
1,087sheriff sheriff
1,088monster monster
1,089nämna mention
1,091begå commit, perpetrate
1,092föda give birth to, feed
1,093fira celebrate, shirk, truant
1,094röka smoke

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary