fått

Fått is the supine past participle of the Swedish verb få. It is used with the auxiliary ha to form perfect tenses and means to have obtained, received, or been granted something. It can also express that someone has been allowed to do something, depending on context.

The verb få is irregular: present få, past fick, and supine fått. In compound tenses, fått appears with ha: har fått, hade fått. The construction kan också express future or potential meaning when combined with a form like ska få or kommer att få. For permission, the present is often expressed with får: Du får gå nu (you may go now).

Examples illustrate common uses. Jag har fått ett brev. I have received a letter. Vi har fått tillstånd att stanna. We have been granted permission to stay. Hon har fått lov att säga vad hon tycker. She has been allowed to say what she thinks. Få can also appear in passive-like phrases to indicate that someone has experienced something: "Jag har fått ont i ryggen" I have gotten a backache.

Etymology traces få to the Old Norse word fá, with cognates in other Scandinavian languages such as Norwegian få and Danish få. The past tense form fick is historically distinct from the supine fått, reflecting the verb’s irregular development.

In Swedish grammar, få and fått are closely tied to permission and reception verbs, and appear frequently in everyday speech and written text. See also: Swedish verb conjugation, ha + fått constructions.