röd

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Swedish[edit]

Röda körsbär (Red cherries)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /røːd/, (colloquial) /røː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -øːd, -øː

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish rø̄þer, from Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective[edit]

röd (comparative rödare, superlative rödast)

  1. red
    ett rött skärpa red belt
  2. (politics) of or pertaining to leftist (communist, socialist) politics and politicians
Declension[edit]
Inflection of röd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular röd rödare rödast
Neuter singular rött rödare rödast
Plural röda rödare rödast
Masculine plural3 röde rödare rödast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 röde rödare rödaste
All röda rödare rödaste
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
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
     vit      grå      svart
             röd; karmosin, karmosinröd              orange; brun              gul; beige
             limegrön              grön             
             cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal              azur              blå
             lila; indigo              magenta; purpur              rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish ruþ, riuþ, ryþ.[1] Possible folk etymological reasons behind transition to röd (red).

Noun[edit]

röd c

  1. (Scania, Bohuslän) Alternative form of ryd.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rud in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)

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