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kvitta

make no difference, settle/ˈkvɪtːa/

Meaning

make no difference; settle

In Swedish: sakna betydelse

Conjugation

Conjugation of kvitta (make no difference)
Infinitive	att kvitta	to make no difference
Present	kvittar	jag kvittar
Past	kvittade	jag kvittade
Supine	kvittat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kvittat	jag har kvittat
Past perfect	hade kvittat	jag hade kvittat
Future	ska kvitta	or: kommer att kvitta
Conditional	skulle kvitta	jag skulle kvitta
Imperative	kvitta!	a command
Present participle	kvittande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kvittad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kvitta
Infinitive	kvittas
Present	kvittas
Past	kvittades
Supine	kvittats

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 kvittar. See the four verb groups explained.

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kvitta in a sentence

det kvittar vem som vinner
it makes no difference who wins
kvitta ingående och utgående moms
balance incoming and outgoing VAT
Det kvittar
It doesn't matter
Det kvittar vad jag gör. Juryn sågar mig ändå.
It doesn't matter what I do. The jury pans me anyway.
Det kan kvitta
It's not important / It doesn't really matter / It's no matter ("It may (be allowed to, be let to) not matter")

Questions

What does kvitta mean in English?

kvitta means “make no difference, settle”.

What is the past tense of kvitta?

The past tense of kvitta is kvittade (“jag kvittade”). The supine is kvittat, used in “jag har kvittat”.

What is the present tense of kvitta?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish qvitta, from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētāre.

Nearby common words

kvitta is number 2,514 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,510släpa haul, drag
2,511vinge wing
2,512enbart only, alone, solely
2,513undersökning examination, investigation
2,515bön appeal, worship
2,516uppenbart obvious, obviously, apparently
2,517såvida in case, if
2,518svartsjuk jealous

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