orätt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse óréttr, from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz. By surface analysis, o- +‎ rätt.

Noun

orätt c

  1. an injustice
    Det är en stor orätt
    It is a great injustice

Declension

Declension of orätt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite orätt orätts
definite orätten orättens
plural indefinite orätter orätters
definite orätterna orätternas

Adjective

orätt (comparative mer orätt, superlative mest orätt)

  1. (rare, colloquial) wrong
    Synonym: fel

Declension

Inflection of orätt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular orätt mer orätt mest orätt
neuter singular orätt mer orätt mest orätt
plural orätta mer orätta mest orätta
masculine plural2 orätte mer orätta mest orätta
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 orätte mer orätte mest orätte
all orätta mer orätta mest orätta

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.

Adverb

orätt

  1. (rare) wrongly
    Synonym: fel

References

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