häfta

See also: hafta

Swedish

häfta (2)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hæpta, from Old Norse hepta, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Cognate with Danish hæfte, Norwegian Norwegian hefta, Icelandic hepta, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (haftjan), Old Saxon heftian, hehtian, Middle Low German and Dutch hechten, and German heften.

Verb

häfta (present häftar, preterite häftade, supine häftat, imperative häfta)

to stick (together), to attach
to sew (in bookbinding)
to staple (with a stapler)

Usage notes

With regards to traditional bookbinding, häfta refers to the sewing with thread through the folds of the signatures, whereas attaching the hard cover is binda in (“to bind”), thus the distinction between a book that is häftad (“soft bound”) and one that is inbunden (“hard bound”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of häfta (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	häfta	häftas
Present tense	häftar	häftas
Past tense	häftade	häftades
Supine	häftat	häftats
Imperative	häfta	—
Present participle	häftande
Past participle	häftad

Related terms

häftapparat
häfte
häftförband
häftklammer
häftlåda
häftmaskin

häftmedel
häftning
häftorgan
häftpistol
häftplåster
häftremsa

häftstift
häftsträck
tunghäfta
vidhäfta

References

häfta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
häfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.