röd
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish rø̄þer, from Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.
Adjective edit
röd (comparative rödare, superlative rödast)
- red
- ett rött skärp ― a red belt
- (politics) of or pertaining to leftist (communist, socialist) politics and politicians
Declension edit
| Inflection of röd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | röd | rödare | rödast |
| Neuter singular | rött | rödare | rödast |
| Plural | röda | rödare | rödast |
| Masculine plural3 | röde | rödare | rödast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | röde | rödare | rödaste |
| All | röda | rödare | rödaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Hypernyms edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
| vit | grå | svart |
| röd; karmosin, karmosinröd | orange; brun | gul; beige |
| limegrön | grön | |
| cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal | azur | blå |
| lila; indigo | magenta; purpur | rosa (common), skär (uncommon) |
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Swedish ruþ, riuþ, ryþ.[1] Possible folk etymological reasons behind transition to röd (“red”).
Noun edit
röd c
References edit
- röd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 261, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
- ^ Rud in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)