rød
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
| 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
| hvid | grå | sort |
| rød; højrød, mørkerød | orange; brun | gul; flødefarvet |
| lime, lysegrøn | grøn, mørkegrøn | mintgrøn |
| cyan; turkis, lyseblå | azurblå, himmelblå | blå, mørkeblå |
| violet; indigo | magenta; lilla | lyserød, rosa |
- 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
- rosa
- rosenrød
- rubinrød
- ræverød
- rødgrå
- rødgul
- rødgylden
- rødlilla
- rødorange
- rødviolet
- sartrosa
- skarlagen
- skarlagenrød
- teglstensrød
- vinrød
- 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
Adjective
rød (neuter singular rødt, definite singular and plural røde, comparative rødere, indefinite superlative rødest, definite superlative rødeste)
Synonyms
- rødfarget
Derived terms
See also
- raud (Nynorsk)
References
- “rød” in The Bokmål Dictionary.