rät

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rat"

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛːt/, [ʁɛːt], [ʁeːt]

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Verb

rät

1. third-person singular present of raten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rǣtter, rǣter, from Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rätt.

Adjective

rät (comparative rätare, superlative rätast)

1. straight (not bent)
2. (of an angle) right
3. (of a stitch, not comparable) a knit stitch (as opposed to a purl stitch)

   Antonym: avig

   räta maskor

   knit stitches

4. (textiles, sewing, not comparable) related to the right side of a fabric

   Antonym: avig

Declension

Inflection of rät
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	rät	rätare	rätast
Neuter singular	-	rätare	rätast
Plural	räta	rätare	rätast
Masculine plural3	räte	rätare	rätast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	räte	rätare	rätaste
All	räta	rätare	rätaste
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

Related terms

• räta, räta ut
• rät maska
• rätsida

References

• rät in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rät in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rät in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rät in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• rätter in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

Anagrams

• trä, tär, ärt