rød
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"
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
Adjective
rød (neuter rødt, plural and definite singular attributive røde, comparative rødere, superlative (predicative) rødest, superlative (attributive) rødeste)
- red (having red as its colour)
- red (left-wing, socialist or communist)
- (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
| 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)
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References
- “rød” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rød (neuter singular rødt, definite singular and plural røde, comparative rødere, indefinite superlative rødest, definite superlative rødeste)
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
- raud (Nynorsk)
References
- “rød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.