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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse rotinn.
Adjective
rutten (comparative ruttnare, superlative ruttnast)
- rotten
Det luktar ruttet ägg härinne- It smells like rotten eggs in here
- (figuratively) rotten (morally rephrehensible)
- (figuratively) rotten (bad)
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Derived terms
Noun
rutten
- definite singular of rutt
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