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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative orätt orätten orätter orätterna
Genitive orätts orättens orätters orätternas

Adjective

orätt (comparative mer orätt, superlative mest orätt)

  1. (rare, colloquial) wrong
    Synonym: fel

Declension
Inflection of orätt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular orätt mer orätt mest orätt
Neuter singular orätt mer orätt mest orätt
Plural orätta mer orätta mest orätta
Masculine plural3 orätte mer orätta mest orätta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 orätte mer orätte mest orätte
All orätta mer orätta mest orätta
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

Adverb

orätt

  1. (rare) wrongly
    Synonym: fel

References
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