orätt
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse óréttr, from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz. By surface analysis, o- + rätt.
Noun edit
orätt c
- an injustice
- Det är en stor orätt
- It is a great injustice
Declension edit
| Declension of orätt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | orätt | orätten | orätter | orätterna |
| Genitive | orätts | orättens | orätters | orätternas |
Adjective edit
orätt (comparative mer orätt, superlative mest orätt)
- (rare, colloquial) wrong
- Synonym: fel
Declension edit
| Inflection of orätt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | orätt | mer orätt | mest orätt |
| Neuter singular | orätt | mer orätt | mest orätt |
| Plural | orätta | mer orätta | mest orätta |
| Masculine plural3 | orätte | mer orätta | mest orätta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | orätte | mer orätte | mest orätte |
| All | orätta | mer orätta | mest orätta |
| 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 | |||
Adverb edit
orätt