UrsprungFrom Old Swedish hæmta, from Old Norse heimta, from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną.
- transitiveto get, to fetch, to retrieve (go get and bring (back) somewhere)
“Kan du hämta kebabsåsen i bilen? Jag glömde den där.” — Can you get the kebab sauce from the car? I left it there.
- sometimes, transitiveto pick up
“Jag hämtar dig på stationen” — I'll pick you up at the station
- reflexiveto recover (from exertion, a shock, a misfortune, a cold, or the like)
“Jag måste hämta mig lite” — I need a little breather
Formerhämtar(present) · hämtade(preterite) · hämtat(supine) · hämta(imperative) · hämta(active, infinitive) · hämtas(infinitive, passive) · hämtat(active, supine) · hämtats(passive, supine) · hämta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · hämten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · hämtar(active, indicative, present) · hämtade(active, indicative, past) · hämtas(indicative, passive, present) · hämtades(indicative, passive, past) · hämta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · hämtade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · hämtas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · hämtades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)