rätt

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

• (correct): korrekt

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

• (rightly): korrekt
• (rather): ganska, tämligen

Derived terms

• rättvis

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

5. 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

Derived terms

• allemansrätt
• maträtt

See also

• rätta
• anrättning

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rätt

1. (rare) indefinite neuter singular of rädd

References

• “rätt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “rätt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “rätt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• trät