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)

red (having red as its colour)
red (left-wing, socialist or communist)
(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.

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)

red

Synonyms

rødfarget

Derived terms

References

“rød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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