flytta

Flytta is a Swedish verb meaning to move or relocate; it covers moving a person or object and changing one’s residence. It is used in a wide range of contexts, including physical relocation, transportation of items, and figurative shifts in position or status. Common phrases include flytta till (move to), flytta hemifrån (move out of one’s home), and flytta in (move in).

The noun forms related to the act are flytt (a move or relocation) and flyttning (the act of moving). In everyday use, flytta appears in many phrasal constructs with directional or locative meanings and can be combined with prepositions to indicate movement toward or away from a location.

Grammatically, flytta is the infinitive. The present tense is flyttar, the past tense is flyttade, and the supine is flyttat, which appears in perfect tenses such as har flyttat (has moved). The passive participle is flyttad. The imperative form is flytta (singular) and flytt—if addressing multiple people, the form aligns with standard Swedish imperative patterns. The verb often appears with particles in phrasal verbs, such as flytta till, flytta ut, or flytta in, to express nuanced directions of movement.

Etymology traces flytta to Old Norse flytja, with cognates in Norwegian flytte and Danish flytte, reflecting a common Germanic root for motion and relocation. The term is central to everyday language in Sweden and appears in related compounds such as flyttfirma (moving company) and flyttbar (movable or portable).