UrsprungBorrowed from Middle Low German vāten, from Old Saxon *fatōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną. Cognate with Danish fatte, Norwegian Bokmål fatte, Dutch vatten and German fassen.
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
- to grasp, take (hold in one's hand); the concrete meaning of grasp
“Han fattade spaden och började gräva” — He grabbed the shovel and started digging
- to take (a decision, a fancy), acquire (a taste for something); various abstract meanings of grasp
“att fatta ett beslut” — to make a decision
“Han fattade tycke för deras kebabsås” — He took a liking to their kebab sauce
- to understand, comprehend; another abstract meaning of grasp
“Jag fattar inte vad du säger” — I don't understand what you're saying
- to be missing
“Det fattas två skruvar” — Two screws are missing
Formerfattar(present) · fattade(preterite) · fattat(supine) · fatta(imperative) · fatta(active, infinitive) · fattas(infinitive, passive) · fattat(active, supine) · fattats(passive, supine) · fatta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · fatten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · fattar(active, indicative, present) · fattade(active, indicative, past) · fattas(indicative, passive, present) · fattades(indicative, passive, past) · fatta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · fattade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · fattas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · fattades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)