rätt
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rät.
Adjective edit
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- right, correct
- För att få högsta betyg måste alla svar vara rätta.
- To get the highest grade, all answers have to be correct.
- Låt den rätte komma in.
- Let the right one in.
Declension edit
Inflection of rätt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | rätt | rättare | rättast |
Neuter singular | rätt | rättare | rättast |
Plural | rätta | rättare | rättast |
Masculine plural3 | rätte | rättare | rättast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | rätte | rättare | rättaste |
All | rätta | rättare | rättaste |
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 |
Synonyms edit
- (correct): korrekt
Adverb edit
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- rightly, correctly
- rather, fairly, pretty
- Det går rätt bra faktiskt.
- It's going pretty well actually.
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“right, law”), related to Etymology 1.
Noun edit
rätt c
- a dish; a specific type of prepared food
- Synonym: maträtt
- law (the regulation of a community through enforceable rules, considered as a system or domain of study)
- Synonym: juridik
- a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justice
- Synonym: domstol
- a right; something one is legally entitled to
- Synonym: rättighet
Declension edit
Declension of rätt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rätt | rätten | rätter | rätterna |
Genitive | rätts | rättens | rätters | rätternas |
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
rätt
- (rare) indefinite neuter singular of rädd
References edit
- rätt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rätt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rätt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)