råda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rada"

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rådene

Noun

råda n

1. definite plural of råd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

råda n

1. definite plural of råd

Etymology 2

Noun

råda f

1. definite singular of råd

Etymology 3

Verb

råda (present tense råder, past tense rådde, past participle rådd or rådt, present participle rådande, imperative råd)

1. Alternative form of rå

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

råda (present råder, preterite rådde, supine rått, imperative råd)

1. to advise (give advice (to someone))

   Konungen råddes att förhålla sig neutral

   The king was advised to remain neutral

2. Synonym of bestämma (in the sense of "(get to) decide"), (often) to rule, to reign

   Synonym: rå

   Drottning Victoria rådde över ett enormt imperium

   Queen Victoria ruled over an enormous empire

4. to be (at hand, current), to prevail, to exist, to reign

   midnatt råder

   it is midnight

   (literally, “midnight reigns”)

   under rådande omständigheter

   in current [reigning] circumstances

   de rådande omständigheterna

   the prevailing circumstances

   Det råder brist på lärare

   There is a shortage of [reigns (is currently a) lack of] teachers

   Det råder delade meningar

   Opinions are divided [It reigns split opinions]

   Det råder inga tvivel om att han är skyldig

   There is no doubt that he is guilty ["inte råda några tvivel" (not reign any doubts) is a common collocation]

   Det rådde hungersnöd i landet

   There was a famine [reigned famine] in the country

   • 1898, “Tomtarnas julnatt (Midnatt råder) [The gnomes' [see tomte] Christmas night (It is midnight [Midnight reigns])]”, Alfred Smedberg (lyrics), Vilhelm Sefve-Svensson (music)‎^[1]:

     Midnatt råder, tyst det är i husen. Tyst i husen. Alla sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara (“be”)], släckta äro [old plural form] ljusen. Äro ljusen. Tipp tapp, tipp tapp, tippe tippe tipp tapp. Tipp, tipp, tapp.

     It it midnight [midnight reigns], it is quiet in the houses. Quiet in the houses. Everyone is asleep, the lights are out [put out / turned off are the lights]. Are the lights. Tip tap, tip tap, tippy tippy tip tap. Tip, tip, tap. [tiptoeing sounds]

Usage notes

Not intuitively a "reign" metaphor in (sense 3) to native speakers, though that metaphor might provide intuition. Can be thought of simply as "be" in the sense of "to currently be in effect."

Conjugation

Conjugation of råda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	råda		rådas
Supine	rått		råtts
Imperative	råd		—
Imper. plural1	råden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	råder	rådde	råds, rådes	råddes
Ind. plural1	råda	rådde	rådas	råddes
Subjunctive2	råde	rådde	rådes	råddes
	Participles
Present participle	rådande
Past participle	rådd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• område
• rådvill

See also

• rå
• rå för (“help (have control over)”)

References

• råda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• råda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• råda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• dåra, ådra