rät

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rat"

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛːt/, [ʁɛːt], [ʁeːt]

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Verb

rät

1. third-person singular present of raten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rǣtter, rǣter, from Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rätt.

Adjective

rät (comparative rätare, superlative rätast)

1. straight (not bent)
2. (of an angle) right
3. (of a stitch, not comparable) a knit stitch (as opposed to a purl stitch)

   Antonym: avig

   räta maskor

   knit stitches

4. (textiles, sewing, not comparable) related to the right side of a fabric

   Antonym: avig

Declension

Inflection of rät

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	rät	rätare	rätast
neuter singular	-	rätare	rätast
plural	räta	rätare	rätast
masculine plural2	räte	rätare	rätast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	räte	rätare	rätaste
all	räta	rätare	rätaste

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.

Related terms

• räta, räta ut
• rät maska
• rätsida

References

• rät in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rät in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rät in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rät in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• rätter in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

Anagrams

• trä, tär, ärt