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German
Pronunciation
Verb
rät
- third-person singular present of raten
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish rǣtter, rǣter, from Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rätt.
Adjective
rät (comparative rätare, superlative rätast)
- straight (not bent)
- (of an angle) right
- (of a stitch, not comparable) a knit stitch (as opposed to a purl stitch)
- Antonym: avig
- (textiles, sewing, not comparable) related to the right side of a fabric
- Antonym: avig
Declension
| Inflection of rät
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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rät
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rätare
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rätast
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| Neuter singular
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-
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rätare
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rätast
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| Plural
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räta
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rätare
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rätast
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| Masculine plural3
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räte
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rätare
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rätast
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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räte
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rätare
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rätaste
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| All
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räta
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rätare
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rätaste
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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
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