röd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /røːd/, (colloquial) /røː/
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Rhymes: -øːd, -øː

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish rø̄þer, from Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

röd (comparative rödare, superlative rödast)

red
ett rött skärp ― a red belt
(politics) of or pertaining to leftist (communist, socialist) politics and politicians

Declension

Inflection of **röd**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	röd	rödare	rödast
neuter singular	rött	rödare	rödast
plural	röda	rödare	rödast
masculine plural²	röde	rödare	rödast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	röde	rödare	rödaste
all	röda	rödare	rödaste

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.

Hypernyms

färg

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish ruþ, riuþ, ryþ.^[1] Possible folk etymological reasons behind transition to röd (“red”).

Noun

röd c

(Scania, Bohuslän) Alternative form of ryd.

References

^ Rud in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)

Anagrams

dör

[1] Rud in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1916)

[1]

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd	orange; brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön
cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal	azur	blå
lila; indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)