rätt

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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. Doublet of rät.

Adjective

rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)

  1. right, correct
    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.
Declension
Inflection of rätt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular rätt rättare rättast
neuter singular rätt rättare rättast
plural rätta rättare rättast
masculine plural2 rätte rättare rättast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 rätte rättare rättaste
all rätta rättare rättaste

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.

Synonyms

Adverb

rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)

  1. rightly, correctly
  2. rather, fairly, pretty
    Det går rätt bra faktiskt.
    It's going pretty well actually.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“right, law”), related to Etymology 1.

Noun

rätt c

  1. a dish; a specific type of prepared food
    Synonym: maträtt
  2. law (the regulation of a community through enforceable rules, considered as a system or domain of study)
    Synonym: juridik
  3. a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justice
    Synonym: domstol
  4. a right; something one is legally entitled to
    Synonym: rättighet
Declension
Declension of rätt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rätt rätts
definite rätten rättens
plural indefinite rätter rätters
definite rätterna rätternas

See also

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rätt

  1. (rare) indefinite neuter singular of rädd

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