tät
tät as an adjective
Meaning
close; tight; wealthy
In Swedish: utan stora mellanrum; kompakt, koncentrerad
Forms
| Basic form | tät | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | tätt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | täta | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | tätare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | tätast | “-est”, “most …” |
tät as a noun(en tät)
Meaning
head
In Swedish: främsta del (av en trupp etc)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en tät |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | täten |
tät is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor tät, den stora täten. Check another noun
Practise tät
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tät in a sentence
- en tät skoga dense forest
- tät dimmathick fog
- tät trafikheavy traffic
- en tät jackaa windproof jacket
- gå i tätenwalk at the head of
- En ung löjtnant red i täten.A young lieutenant rode in the front.
- Knivsta ligger i täten när det gäller befolkningsökning.Knivsta is in the lead when it comes to population increase.
Words built with tät
- vattentät watertight
Questions
What does tät mean in English?
tät means “close, tight”.
Is it en tät or ett tät?
It is en tät, and “the head” is täten.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Norse þéttr (“tight, watertight”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz.
Nearby common words
tät is number 5,601 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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