rätt
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Adjective
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- right, correctTemplate:jump
- 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.
- För att få högsta betyg måste alla svar vara rätta.
- (deprecated template usage) indefinite neuter singular of rädd
Declension
| Inflection of rätt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rätt | rättare | rättast |
| Neuter singular | rätt | rättare | rättast |
| Plural | rätta | rättare | rättast |
| Masculine plural3 | rätte | rättare | rättast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rätte | rättare | rättaste |
| All | rätta | rättare | rättaste |
| 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 | |||
Synonyms
Adverb
rätt (comparative rättare, superlative rättast)
- rightly, correctlyTemplate:jump
- rather, fairly, prettyTemplate:jump
- Det går rätt bra faktiskt.
- It's going pretty well actually.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
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Noun
rätt c
- a dish; a specific type of prepared foodTemplate:jump
- law (the regulation of a community through enforceable rules, considered as a system or domain of study)
- a court; place where justice is administered, also the assembly which administers justiceTemplate:jump
- a right; something one is legally entitled toTemplate:jump
Declension
| Declension of rätt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rätt | rätten | rätter | rätterna |
| Genitive | rätts | rättens | rätters | rätternas |