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röd

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Swedish

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röda körsbär [red cherries]

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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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
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Inflection of röd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular röd rödare rödast
neuter singular rött rödare rödast
plural röda rödare rödast
masculine plural2 röde rödare rödast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 röde rödare rödaste
all röda rödare rödaste

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.

Hypernyms
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Derived terms
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See also
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Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
     vit      grå      svart
             röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd              orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun              gul; beige
             limegrön              grön              mintgrön
             turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal              himmelsblå, azur              blå
             lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo              magenta; purpur              rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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röd c

  1. (Scania, Bohuslän) alternative form of ryd

References

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

Anagrams

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