täta

Täta is a Swedish verb meaning to make something denser or to fill gaps, either by inserting material or by closing openings. It describes actions that reduce the size of a gap or increase overall density. The sense can be physical, such as sealing a crack or plugging holes, or more abstract, such as increasing population density in a region or thickening a sauce.

In practical use, täta can appear in phrases like täta hål (to plug holes) or täta såsen (to thicken a sauce). It can also be used metaphorically, for example in urban planning discussions about densifying housing areas or in data contexts to describe reducing gaps in coverage. The word is often found with related nouns such as tätning (sealing, gasket) and täthet (density, closeness). The corresponding adjective tät means dense or tight, and its forms appear in various compounds like tät area or tät skog.

Grammatically, täta is the infinitive form of a regular Swedish verb and follows standard conjugation patterns in present and past tenses, with person-specific endings as with other verbs. It is closely related to the concept of density and closeness in Swedish vocabulary.

Etymology is not detailed in every source, but täta has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Danish tætte and Norwegian tette, with similar meanings related to making something dense or close. Cross-language similarities reflect a common Germanic heritage for terms describing closeness and filling gaps. See also tät, tätning, täthet.