röd
See also: rod, roed, Rod, ród, rød, and röð
Swedish
Röda körsbär (Red cherries)
Etymology
From Old Swedish rø̄þer, from Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /røːd/
- IPA(key): /røː/ (colloquial)
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Adjective
röd (comparative rödare, superlative rödast)
- red
- ett rött skärp ― a red belt
- (politics) of or pertaining to leftist (communist, socialist) politics and politicians
Declension
| Inflection of röd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | röd | rödare | rödast |
| Neuter singular | rött | rödare | rödast |
| Plural | röda | rödare | rödast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | röde | rödare | rödaste |
| All | röda | rödare | rödaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Derived terms
- blodröd
- karmosinröd
- rödfotad
- rödhuvad
- röding
- rödkål
- rödräv
- rödstjärtad
- rödvin
- rödögd
- rött
- scharlakansröd
- tegelröd