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 Superlative2
Common singular rät rätare rätast
Neuter singular - rätare rätast
Plural räta rätare rätast
Masculine plural3 räte rätare rätast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 räte rätare rätaste
All räta rätare rätaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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