korrekt

Danish

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Adjective

korrekt

1. correct

Inflection

Inflection of korrekt
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	korrekt	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	korrekt	—	—2
Plural	korrekte	—	—2
Definite attributive1	korrekte	—	—
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.

Antonyms

• ukorrekt

References

• “korrekt” in Den Danske Ordbog

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German

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈʁɛkt/, /ko-/

• Audio

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Adjective

korrekt (comparative korrekter, superlative am korrektesten)

1. correct
2. accurate
3. proper; decent
4. (youth slang) great; cool

Derived terms

• Korrektheit

Further reading

• “korrekt” in Duden online

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorːɛkt]
• Hyphenation: kor‧rekt

Adjective

korrekt (comparative korrektebb, superlative legkorrektebb)

1. correct (free from error)
2. correct (with good manners)
3. fair (just)

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German korrekt and French correct, both from Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈʀækt/

Adjective

korrekt (masculine korrekten, neuter korrekt, comparative méi korrekt, superlative am korrektesten)

1. correct

Declension

declension of korrekt

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass korrekt	si ass korrekt	et ass korrekt	si si(nn) korrekt
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	korrekten	korrekt	korrekt	korrekt
	independent without determiner			korrektes	korrekter
dative	after any declined word	korrekten	korrekter	korrekten	korrekten
	as first declined word	korrektem		korrektem

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Adjective

korrekt (neuter singular korrekt, definite singular and plural korrekte)

1. correct

Antonyms

• ukorrekt

Derived terms

• korrekthet
• politisk korrekt

References

• “korrekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Adjective

korrekt (neuter singular korrekt, definite singular and plural korrekte)

1. correct

Antonyms

• ukorrekt

Derived terms

• politisk korrekt

References

• “korrekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

korrekt (comparative korrektare, superlative korrektast)

1. correct

Declension

Inflection of korrekt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	korrekt	korrektare	korrektast
Neuter singular	korrekt	korrektare	korrektast
Plural	korrekta	korrektare	korrektast
Masculine plural3	korrekte	korrektare	korrektast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	korrekte	korrektare	korrektaste
All	korrekta	korrektare	korrektaste
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

Related terms

• okorrekt

See also

• rätt
• strikt

Adverb

korrekt

1. correctly