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.

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