rödgrön

Swedish

Etymology

röd +‎ grön, used since 1714 (sense 1), 1937 (sense 2), and 1951 (sense 3)

Adjective

rödgrön (not comparable)

  1. reddish green, green colour with a tendency towards red
  2. red and green colour
  3. (politics) pertaining to a coalition of socialist (red) and agrarian or environmentalist (green) parties
    rödgrön röra
    a red-green mix

Declension

Inflection of rödgrön
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular rödgrön — —
neuter singular rödgrönt — —
plural rödgröna — —
masculine plural2 rödgröne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 rödgröne — —
all rödgröna — —

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

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