rutten

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rotinn.

Adjective

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rutten (comparative ruttnare, superlative ruttnast)

  1. rotten
    Det luktar ruttet ägg härinne
    It smells like rotten eggs in here
  2. (figuratively) rotten (morally rephrehensible)
  3. (figuratively) rotten (bad)

Declension

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Inflection of rutten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular rutten ruttnare ruttnast
Neuter singular ruttet ruttnare ruttnast
Plural ruttna ruttnare ruttnast
Masculine plural3 ruttne ruttnare ruttnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ruttne ruttnare ruttnaste
All ruttna ruttnare ruttnaste
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

Derived terms

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Noun

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rutten

  1. definite singular of rutt

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