Infinitive
fata
Passive Infinitive
fatast
Alternative Infinitive
fate
| Past Participle | fata |
| Present Participle | fatande |
Simple Forms
| Present | fatar |
| Past | fata |
| Imperative | fata; fat |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Compound Forms
| Present Perfect | har fata |
| Past Perfect | hadde fata |
| Future | vil fata |
| Future Perfect | vil ha fata |
| Conditional | ville fata |
| Conditional Perfect | ville ha fata |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Verbs conjugated like fata
sentra,
sengra,
snylta,
snurka,
snirta,
snigla,
snikra,
snakka,
sjevra,
smitta,
smigra,
smikka,
sminka,
smekka,
slunta,
slumpa,
slutta,
slikka,
sletta,
sildra, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Translations
Etymology
From Old Norse fata, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Doublet of fatta, which came through Middle Low German vaten. Cognates include Dutch vatten, German fassen, and to a certain degree English fetch. See: Proto-Germanic '
*fatōną', Dutch '
vatten', German, old spelling '
fassen', English '
fetch'.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Ljoset det inn i Myrkret skin // Myrkret det inkje vil fata. (Light, it shines into the darkness. Darkness will not grasp it.) [1875, Elias Blix, “Jesu, du er den Himmelveg”, in Nokre salmar [Some hymns], Booklet III, Christiania: Samlaget, page 26:]
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Hendene skifter tak, ei for ei, eller båe i ein gong, og fatar i steget som knekrokane heng på. (The hands switch grip, one at a time, or both at once, and grab the very [ladder-]step on which the kneekaps hang.) [1923, Edvard Os, Kroppsøvingar i barne- og ungdomsskulen [Physical exercises for primary and lower secondary education], Oslo: Samlaget, page 190:]