råda
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rada"
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
råda n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
råda n
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
råda f
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
råda (present tense råder, past tense rådde, past participle rådd or rådt, present participle rådande, imperative råd)
- Alternative form of rå
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
råda (present råder, preterite rådde, supine rått, imperative råd)
- to advise (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn)
- Konungen råddes att förhålla sig neutral.
- The king was advised to remain neutral.
- Synonym of bestämma (in the "(get to) decide" sense), (often) to rule, to reign
- Synonym: rå
- Drottning Victoria rådde över ett enormt imperium.
- Queen Victoria ruled over an enormous empire.
- to be (at hand, current), to occur, to exist, to prevail, to reign
- midnatt råder
- it is midnight
- (literally, “midnight reigns”)
- under rådande omständigheter
- during current circumstances
- Det råder brist på lärare
- There is a shortage of ("reigns (is currently) shortage of") teachers
- Det råder inga tvivel om att han är skyldig
- There is no doubt that he is guilty ("inte råda några tvivel" is a common collocation)
- Det rådde hungersnöd i flera månader
- There was a famine for several months
Usage notes edit
Not intuitively a "reign" metaphor in (sense 3) to native speakers, though that metaphor might provide intuition. Can usually be thought of simply as "be," in the sense of "to currently be in effect."
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of råda (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- råda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- råda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- råda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)