måtta

Mätta is a Swedish verb meaning to satiate or fill to fullness, typically used with food, hunger, thirst, or other needs. It is a transitive verb and is commonly found in phrases about satisfying appetite or meeting capacity, such as mätta magen (to sate the stomach) or mätta behoven (to meet the needs).

The related adjective mättad describes the state of having eaten enough or being full, while the noun mättnad denotes satiety or fullness. The verb's forms in everyday usage include present tense forms such as mättar, and past tense forms such as mätte; in perfect constructions it can appear with a form like har mättat. In Nordic linguistic contexts, the same semantic field is found in cognate forms in Danish (mætter) and Norwegian (metter), reflecting a common Germanic lineage.

In usage, mätta appears in discussions of nutrition, dieting, cooking, and medicine, where the concept of satiety and fullness is relevant. It can also occur in more literary or rhetorical writing to describe the act of fulfilling needs or desires. While regional variations exist in exact conjugation, the core meaning remains the act of providing fullness or satisfaction to hunger, thirst, or other demands.