rårörd

Swedish

Etymology

rå (“raw”) +‎ rörd (“stirred”). Attested since 1929.

Adjective

rårörd

1. (cooking) sweetened and preserved

Usage notes

A preservation method that does not involve boiling, unlike making jam or marmalade. Typically used for lingonberries, making "rårörda lingon," which is contrasted against lingonsylt (“lingonberry jam”).

Declension

Inflection of rårörd

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	rårörd	—	—
neuter singular	rårört	—	—
plural	rårörda	—	—
masculine plural2	rårörde	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	rårörde	—	—
all	rårörda	—	—

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.

References

• rårörd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rårörd in Svensk ordbok (SO)