rød

See also: rod, Rod, ród, and röd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, cognate with English red and German rot. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-, cf. Latin ruber, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁœˀð], [ˈʁœðˀ]

Adjective

rød (neuter rødt, plural and definite singular attributive røde, comparative rødere, superlative (predicative) rødest, superlative (attributive) rødeste)

1. red (having red as its colour)
2. red (left-wing, socialist or communist)
3. (as a noun) red (colour), (a socialist or a communist)

Inflection

Inflection of rød
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	rød	rødere	rødest2
Indefinite neuter singular	rødt	rødere	rødest2
Plural	røde	rødere	rødest2
Definite attributive1	røde	rødere	rødeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime	grøn
cyan; turkis	azurblå	blå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød

• (reds) rød; blegrosa, blegrød, blodrød, bordeaux, bordeauxrød, cerise, ceriserød, cinnober, cinnoberrød, dybrød, gammelrosa, højrød, ildrød, karmin, karminrød, karmoisinrød, kirsebærrød, knaldrød, kobberrød, kochenille, kraprød, lakrød, lyserød, mørkerød, pink, postkasserød, purpur, purpurrød, rosenrød, rosa, rubinrød, ræverød, rødgrå, rødgul, rødgylden, rødlilla, rødorange, rødviolet, sartrosa, skarlagen, skarlagenrød, teglstensrød, vinrød ^{(Category: da:Reds)}
• rød on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “rød” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾøː/
• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ɾøː]

Adjective

rød (neuter singular rødt, definite singular and plural røde, comparative rødere, indefinite superlative rødest, definite superlative rødeste)

1. red

Synonyms

• rødfarget

Derived terms

Terms derived from rød

• burgunderrød
• infrarød
• knallrød
• lyserød
• morgenrøde
• mursteinsrød
• peonrød
• rustrød
• rødaktig

• rød dag
• Rødehavet
• Røde Kors
• rødflammet
• rødglødende
• rødhet
• rødkløver
• rødlig
• rødliste

• rødløk
• rødmaling
• rødmalt
• rødsprit
• rødt (noun)
• rødtopp
• rødvin
• skarlagenrød, skarlagensrød

See also

• raud (Nynorsk)

References

• “rød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.