"haffa" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Etymology: From Old Swedish haffa, from Middle Low German haffen (“to handle, treat by hand”), related to Middle Low German haven (“to have, hold”) and Middle Low German hebben (“to have”). Compare also Middle High German haben (“to have, grab, seize”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|haffa}} Old Swedish haffa, {{der|sv|gml|haffen|t=to handle, treat by hand}} Middle Low German haffen (“to handle, treat by hand”), {{cog|gml|haven|t=to have, hold}} Middle Low German haven (“to have, hold”), {{cog|gml|hebben|t=to have}} Middle Low German hebben (“to have”), {{cog|gmh|haben|t=to have, grab, seize}} Middle High German haben (“to have, grab, seize”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|haffar|preterite|haffade|supine|haffat|imperative|haffa|head=}} haffa (present haffar, preterite haffade, supine haffat, imperative haffa) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: haffar [present], haffade [preterite], haffat [supine], haffa [imperative], weak [table-tags], haffa [active, infinitive], haffas [infinitive, passive], haffat [active, supine], haffats [passive, supine], haffa [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], haffen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], haffar [active, indicative, present], haffade [active, indicative, past], haffas [indicative, passive, present], haffades [indicative, passive, past], haffa [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], haffade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], haffas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], haffades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], haffe [active, dated, present, subjunctive], haffade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], haffes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], haffades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], haffande [participle, present], haffad [participle, past]
  1. (slang) to catch criminals Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-haffa-sv-verb-S0h6x8lR Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 81 12 7
  2. (slang) to (quickly) seize (something, by grabbing it) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-haffa-sv-verb-U1h7AVsD
  3. (slang, figuratively) to catch, to get hold of Tags: figuratively, slang
    Sense id: en-haffa-sv-verb--JSwKmnq

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Han försökte haffa en tjej",
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          "english": "Are you going to try to pick her up?",
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}

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