vinkelrät
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
vinkel (“angle”) + rät (“right (of an angle)”)
Adjective edit
vinkelrät (not comparable)
- (geometry) perpendicular, orthogonal (forming a right angle)
- Linje A är vinkelrät mot linje B
- Line A is perpendicular to line B
Declension edit
| Inflection of vinkelrät | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vinkelrät | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vinkelrätt | — | — |
| Plural | vinkelräta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vinkelräte | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vinkelräte | — | — |
| All | vinkelräta | — | — |
| 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 | |||