kvitta
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish qvitta, from Old French quiter, from Latin quiētāre.
Germanic cognates include Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Icelandic kvitta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkvɪtːa/
Verb
kvitta (present kvittar, preterite kvittade, supine kvittat, imperative kvitta)
- (impersonal) to not matter
- Det kvittar. ― It doesn't matter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of kvitta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kvitta | kvittas | ||
| Supine | kvittat | kvittats | ||
| Imperative | kvitta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kvitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kvittar | kvittade | kvittas | kvittades |
| Ind. plural1 | kvitta | kvittade | kvittas | kvittades |
| Subjunctive2 | kvitte | kvittade | kvittes | kvittades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kvittande | |||
| Past participle | kvittad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- egal
- spela roll
- vilket som
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
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