tötar

Tätar is a Swedish verb form meaning to fill gaps, seal openings, or make something more dense. It is the present tense form of the verb täta and can be used in literal, technical, and figurative contexts.

In practical usage, tätar commonly refers to sealing cracks or leaks. Examples include tätar sprickor i väggen (seals cracks in the wall) and tätar läckor i ett rör (seals leaks in a pipe). The term is often found in maintenance, construction, and repair settings where closing openings or improving insulation is described.

Beyond direct sealing, tätar can appear in contexts about increasing density or reducing gaps in a system. For instance, in urban planning or housing discussions, phrases about attempting to tät den fysiska eller bebyggda gapenheten can be used to describe efforts to increase density or close spatial gaps, though more common wording tends to specify the concrete action (such as increasing befolkningstäthet or filling spaces).

In addition to the verb, related terms include tätning (the act of sealing or the seal itself) and tät (dense, tight), which are used in technical manuals and planning documents to describe the condition or action related to closing gaps. The word is widely understood in Swedish-language technical writing and everyday language when referring to making something more closed, compact, or leak-free.