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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, cognate with Norwegian hitte, Swedish hitta, English hit (probably from Old Norse).
Pronunciation
Verb
hitte (past tense hittede, past participle hittet)
- to find
- to think of, make up
- to be a hit, have a hit
Conjugation
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hitte, from Old Dutch *hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hitjō; see *haitį̄. Cognate with German Hitze. Now commonly interpreted as heet (“hot”) + -te (“ness”). Also related with English heat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɪtə/
- Hyphenation: hit‧te
- Rhymes: -ɪtə
Noun
hitte f (uncountable)
- heat (extreme warmth)
Ze konden niet langer werken door de hitte.- They couldn't work any longer because of the heat.
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Descendants
Hungarian
Etymology
From hisz + -tte.
Pronunciation
Verb
hitte
- third-person singular indicative past definite of hisz
- Ki hitte volna? ― Who'd have thought it?
Middle English
Pronoun
hitte
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Determiner
hitte
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
hitte (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitte/hitt)
- alternative form of hitta
Adjective
hitte
- neuter singular of hitten