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 | vittra |
| Present | vittrar |
| Past | vittrade |
| Imperative | vittra |
| Supine | vittrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'vittra'
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 'vittra'
kvittra,
vattra,
vintra,
vitra,
vitta,
vittja,
vittna,
avvittra,
avyttra,
bättra,
Translations
scent, to detect the scent of
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han såg att hunden vittrade något (He could tell the dog was picking up some scent)
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Laget vittrade blod när motståndarlagets bästa spelare utvisades (The team smelt blood when the best player in the opposing team was sent off)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. vitra, kungöra, tillkännage; till VITTER
2. av t.
wittern, till wetter, väder (se VÄDER)
3. retrograd bildning till VITTRING l. av t.
wittern, vädra, känna lukt, till wetter, väder (se VÄDER) References:
1 2 3
4. Borrowed from German wittern (“to scent”), verwittern (“to erode”), both from Middle High German weter (“weather”). Compare Danish forvitre and Norwegian Nynorsk forvitra. See: German, old spelling '
wittern', Danish '
forvitre', Norwegian, nynorsk '
forvitra'.
Verbs referencing "vittra"
English
wither.
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.