Swedish adjective · interjection· top 5,000 most common

kvitt

get rid of, shake off, be rid of, to be even, to be quits

kvitt as an adjective

Meaning

get rid of, shake off; be rid of; to be even, to be quits

In Swedish: fri från, befriad från

kvitt as an interjection

Meaning

tweet (representing bird singing)

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What does kvitt mean?

kvitt in a sentence

  • bli kvitt problemet
    be rid of the problem
  • Jag hoppas jag blir kvitt förkylningen snart
    I hope I shake this cold soon
  • Skönt att äntligen vara kvitt förkylningen
    Nice to finally be rid of the cold
  • Jag slog dig, och du slog mig, så nu är vi kvitt
    I hit you, and you hit me, so now we're even
  • Här är pengarna jag lånade. Vi är kvitt nu, eller hur?
    Here's the money I borrowed. We're quits now, right?
  • "Kvitt kvitt!" kvittrar fågeln
    "Tweet tweet!" tweets the bird

Expressions

  • nu är vi kvitt
    now we're all square

Questions

What does kvitt mean in English?

kvitt means “get rid of, shake off, be rid of”.

Origin

Derived from Middle Low German quit, from Old French quitte, from Medieval Latin quitus, from Latin quiētus.

Nearby common words

kvitt is number 2,943 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 2,939förena unite, amalgamate
  • 2,940maj May
  • 2,941korv sausage
  • 2,942färsk fresh, new
  • 2,944måltid a meal (occasion of eating (a more substantial amount of) food), a meal (the food eaten during a meal)
  • 2,945dikt fabrication, poem
  • 2,946frukt fruit
  • 2,947norr north
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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