Swedish verb· top 500 most common

titta

look, watch, see/²tɪta/

Meaning

look; watch; see

In Swedish: se (i en viss avsikt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of titta (look)
Infinitive	att titta	to look
Present	tittar	jag tittar
Past	tittade	jag tittade
Supine	tittat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tittat	jag har tittat
Past perfect	hade tittat	jag hade tittat
Future	ska titta	or: kommer att titta
Conditional	skulle titta	jag skulle titta
Imperative	titta!	a command
Present participle	tittande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tittad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of titta
Infinitive	tittas
Present	tittas
Past	tittades
Supine	tittats

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 tittar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

titta in a sentence

titta på TV
watch TV
kommittén ska titta på reglerna för beskattning
the committee will look into the tax regulations
Titta inte! Blunda!
Don't look! Close your eyes!
Att titta på tv.
To watch TV.
Jag fick inte hjälpa honom, utan bara titta på när han försökte.
I wasn't allowed to help him, only watch him try.

Questions

What does titta mean in English?

titta means “look, watch”.

What is the past tense of titta?

The past tense of titta is tittade (“jag tittade”). The supine is tittat, used in “jag har tittat”.

What is the present tense of titta?

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

Similar words

betraktarskådaspanakollabeskådaglokikabetrakta

Origin

Probably sound-symbolic child-speak, similar to Danish titte.

Nearby common words

titta is number 164 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

160försöka try, attempt
161gilla like, approve
162själv himself, ourselves
163lämna leave, hand in
165alltid always, anyway
166detta this
167låta let, sound
168gjort done

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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