rätt
See also: ratt and rått
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Adjective
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- right, correct syn.
- 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.
- För att få högsta betyg måste alla svar vara rätta.
- absolute indefinite neuter form of rädd.
Declension
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 |
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. |
Synonyms
- (correct def.): korrekt
Adverb
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- rightly, correctly syn.
- rather, fairly, pretty syn.
- Det går rätt bra faktiskt.
- It's going pretty well actually.
Synonyms
- (rightly def.): korrekt
- (rather def.): ganska
Noun
rätt c
- a dish; a specific type of prepared food syn.
- law (the regulation of a community through enforceable rules, considered as a system or domain of study)
- a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justice syn.
- a right; something one is legally entitled to syn.
Declension
Declension of rätt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rätt | rätten | rätter | rätterna |
Genitive | rätts | rättens | rätters | rätternas |
Synonyms
- (dish def.): maträtt
- (law): juridik
- (court def.): domstol
- (right def.): rättighet
See also
- rätta
- allemansrätten