Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

smitta

infect, pass on (communicate) an infection

smitta as a verb

Meaning

infect; pass on (communicate) an infection

In Swedish: sprida sjukdom, infektera

Conjugation

Conjugation of smitta (infect)
Infinitive	att smitta	to infect
Present	smittar	jag smittar
Past	smittade	jag smittade
Supine	smittat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smittat	jag har smittat
Past perfect	hade smittat	jag hade smittat
Future	ska smitta	or: kommer att smitta
Conditional	skulle smitta	jag skulle smitta
Imperative	smitta!	a command
Present participle	smittande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smittad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smitta
Infinitive	smittas
Present	smittas
Past	smittades
Supine	smittats

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 smittar. See the four verb groups explained.

smitta as a noun(en smitta)

Meaning

contagion; infection

In Swedish: överföring av sjukdom, infektion

Forms

Forms of smitta
Singular, indefinite	en smitta
Singular, definite	smittan
Plural, indefinite	smittor
Plural, definite	smittorna

smitta is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor smitta, den stora smittan. Check another noun

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Yesterday I … (smitta). Which is the past tense?

smitta in a sentence

hennes glädje smittade av sig
her mirth was infectious
hon smittade (ned) hela verkstaden med sin förkylning
she gave her cold to everyone else at the garage
Jag tror det var Nisse som smittade mig med tuberkulos
I think it was Nisse who infected me with tuberculosis
en sjukdom som inte smittar
a disease that is not contagious [that does not infect]
smitta sprids i avloppsvattnet
the infection is spread in sewage
ett område med mycket smitta
an area with a lot of infections

Words built with smitta

smittämne infectious matter
smittbärare carrier of disease

Questions

What does smitta mean in English?

smitta means “infect, pass on (communicate) an infection”.

Is it en smitta or ett smitta?

It is en smitta, and “the contagion” is smittan.

What is the plural of smitta?

The plural of smitta is smittor, and the definite plural is smittorna.

What is the past tense of smitta?

The past tense of smitta is smittade (“jag smittade”). The supine is smittat, used in “jag har smittat”.

What is the present tense of smitta?

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

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German smitte (“stain”), derived from the verb smitte, from Old Saxon smītan (“to smite”, originally "to smear, coat").

Nearby common words

smitta is number 3,213 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,209uttryck expression
3,210idiotisk idiotic
3,211satellit satellite
3,212kapa cut [off], hijack
3,214trä to thread (pearls on a string)
3,215fascinerande fascinating
3,216samlad collected
3,217förfader ancestor, forefather

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