rød

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, cognate with English red and German rot. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-, cf. Latin ruber, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁœˀð], [ˈʁœðˀ]

Adjective

rød (neuter rødt, plural and definite singular attributive røde, comparative rødere, superlative (predicative) rødest, superlative (attributive) rødeste)

1. red (having red as its colour)
2. red (left-wing, socialist or communist)
3. (as a noun) red (colour), (a socialist or a communist)

Inflection

Inflection of rød

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	rød	rødere	rødest2
indefinite neuter singular	rødt	rødere	rødest2
plural	røde	rødere	rødest2
definite attributive1	røde	rødere	rødeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime	grøn
cyan; turkis	azurblå	blå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød

• (reds) rød; blegrosa, blegrød, blodrød, bordeaux, bordeauxrød, cerise, ceriserød, cinnober, cinnoberrød, dybrød, gammelrosa, højrød, ildrød, karmin, karminrød, karmoisinrød, kirsebærrød, knaldrød, kobberrød, kochenille, kraprød, lakrød, lyserød, mørkerød, pink, postkasserød, purpur, purpurrød, rosenrød, rosa, rubinrød, ræverød, rødgrå, rødgul, rødgylden, rødlilla, rødorange, rødviolet, sartrosa, skarlagen, skarlagenrød, teglstensrød, vinrød ^{(Category: da:Reds)}
• rød on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “rød” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾøː/
• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ɾøː]

Adjective

rød (neuter singular rødt, definite singular and plural røde, comparative rødere, indefinite superlative rødest, definite superlative rødeste)

1. red

Synonyms

• rødfarget

Derived terms

• burgunderrød
• infrarød
• knallrød
• lyserød
• morgenrøde
• mursteinsrød
• peonrød
• rustrød
• rød dag
• rødaktig
• Røde Kors
• Rødehavet
• rødflammet
• rødglødende
• rødhet
• rødkløver
• rødlig
• rødliste
• rødløk
• rødmaling
• rødmalt
• rødsprit
• rødt (noun)
• rødtopp
• rødvin
• skarlagenrød, skarlagensrød

See also

• raud (Nynorsk)

References

• “rød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.