rätt

See also ratt

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz.

Adjective

rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)

1. right, correct ^syn.

   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.

2. absolute indefinite neuter form of rädd.

Declension

Declension of rätt

Inflections of rätt		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	rätt	rättare		rättast
	Neuter	rätt
Definite singular	Masc.	rätte		rättaste
	All	rätta		rättaste
Plural		rätta		rättaste

Synonyms

• (correct ^def.): korrekt

Adverb

rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)

1. rightly, correctly ^syn.
2. rather, fairly, pretty ^syn.

Synonyms

• (rightly ^def.): korrekt
• (rather ^def.): ganska

Etymology 2

Noun

rätt c.

1. a dish; a specific type of prepared food ^syn.
2. a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justice ^syn.
3. a right; something one is legally entitled to ^syn.

Declension

Declension of rätt

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rätt	rätten	rätter	rätterna
genitive	rätts	rättens	rätters	rätternas

Synonyms

• (dish ^def.): maträtt
• (court ^def.): domstol
• (right ^def.): rättighet

See also

• rätta
• allemansrätten