In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | smitta |
| Present | smittar |
| Past | smittade |
| Imperative | smitta |
| Supine | smittat |
Verbs conjugated like 'smitta'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smitta'
sitta,
smatta,
smätta,
smita,
smutta,
snitta,
besmitta,
emotta,
gitta,
hitta,
Translations
infect, to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness
infect, to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Jag tror det var Nisse som smittade mig med tuberkulos (I think it was Nisse who infected me with tuberculosis)
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en sjukdom som inte smittar (a disease that is not contagious [that does not infect])
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. smitta; liksom d.
smitte av mlt. smitten, smetten; motsv. mnl. smitten, smetten (nl. smetten), fht. smizzan (i bismizzan), mht. smitzen, äv.: slå, kasta (t. schmitzen), feng. smittian (eng. smit); till SMITA, v.
1 — Jfr BESMITTA, SMITT, sbst.
1, SMITTA, sbst.
2, SMITTRA References:
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2. Borrowed from Middle Low German smitte (“stain”), derived from the verb smitte, from Old Saxon smītan (“to smite”, originally "to smear, coat").
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.