röding

See also: roding and Roding

Swedish

Etymology

röd +‎ -ing, literally a "red one". The sense of communist or socialist is unrelated to the sense of char, but rather comes from the traditional association of these ideologies with the colour red. Compare English noun red in the meaning "socialist".

Noun

röding c

1. char (fish)
2. (slang) a communist or socialist
3. (slang) a 500-SEK bill

Declension

Declension of röding

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	röding	rödings
	definite	rödingen	rödingens
plural	indefinite	rödingar	rödingars
	definite	rödingarna	rödingarnas

References

• röding in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• röding in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• röding in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Slangopedia

Anagrams

• nördig