rutten

See also: Rutten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rotinn.

Adjective

rutten (comparative ruttnare, superlative ruttnast)

1. rotten

   Det luktar ruttet ägg härinne

   It smells like rotten eggs in here

2. (figuratively) rotten (morally reprehensible)
3. (figuratively) rotten (bad)

Declension

Inflection of rutten

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	rutten	ruttnare	ruttnast
neuter singular	ruttet	ruttnare	ruttnast
plural	ruttna	ruttnare	ruttnast
masculine plural2	ruttne	ruttnare	ruttnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ruttne	ruttnare	ruttnaste
all	ruttna	ruttnare	ruttnaste

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.

Derived terms

• genomrutten (“rotten to the core”)
• ruttenhet

Related terms

• ruttna
• röta

Noun

rutten

1. definite singular of rutt

References

• “rutten”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• rutten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ruttne, truten, uttern